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PARIS,  ILLINOIS  CITY  COUNCIL 

WITH  A 

CATALOGUE 

OF  THE 

MAYORS  and  COUNCILS 

OF  THE 

CITY  OF  PARIS 


FROM  ITS  ORGANIZATION  AS  A TOWN,  JUNE  29,  1849, 
TO  MAY  1,  1912 

AND 

OFFICERS  OF  THE  CITY  GOVERNMENT 
FOR  1911  AND  1912 


PUBLISHED  BY  ORDER  OF  THE  COUNCIL 


1849-1912 


CATALOGUE  OF  MAYORS  AND  CITY 
COUNCILS 


OF  THE  CITY  OF  PARIS,  ILLINOIS 

From  Its  Institution  as  a Town  June  29,  1849  to  May  1,  1912 


1849. 

M.  M.  DILL,  President. 

S.  T.  NEWLON,  Clerk. 

Trustees — John  Sheriff,  Washington  Nebaker,  Janies  Gordon,  N.  Link. 

1850. 

J.  MAYO,  President. 

JAMES  STEELE,  Clerk. 

Trustees — J.  D.  Jaquith,  James  Gordon,  Wm.  B.  Vance,  *T.  J.  Martin. 
*Resigned — W.  )H.  Powell  appointed  to  fill  vacancy. 

1851 

JAMES  STEELE,  President. 

C.  B.  STEELE,  Clerk. 

Trustees — H.  W.  Martin,  N.  Link,  S.  Graham,  J.  W.  Alexander. 

1852. 

SAMUEL  GRAHAM,  President. 

J.  W.  BLACKBURN,  Clerk. 

Trustees — A.  A.  Hannah,  George  Cook,  Wm.  Gordon,  Austin  Earnest. 

1853. 

WM.  GORDON,  President. 

J.  W.  BLACKBURN,  Clerk. 

Trustees — Jonathan  Young,  Austin  Earnest,  John  Sheriff,  Wm.  B. 
Vance. 


1854. 

JONATHON  YOUNG,  President. 

W.  H.  H.  McArty,  Clerk. 

Trustees — John  F.  Anderson,  Wm.  Gordon,  T.  B.  Little,  W.  J.  Hodge. 

1855 

L.  MUNSELL,  President. 

J.  G.  LAWRENCE,  Clerk. 

Trustees— A.  B.  Austin,  S.  Graham,  A.  Y.  Vance,  H.  W.  *Martin. 
^Resigned — W.  P.  Dole  elected  to  fill  vacancy. 

1856. 

A.  B.  AUSTIN,  President 
J.  G.  LAWRENCE,  Clerk. 

Trustees— Wm.  Kile,  Walter  Booth,  Silas  B.  Shrader,  John  Hartley. 


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1857 

A.  B.  AUSTIN,  President. 

J.  G.  LAWRENCE,  Clerk. 

Trustees — Otis  Brown,  E.  P.  'Shaw,  J.  W.  Alexander,  Wm.  Shrader. 

1858 

GEO.  W.  RIVES,  President. 

EDWARD  WOLCOTT,  Clerk. 

Trustees — Wm.  Legg,  Shubal  York,  S.  O.  Augustus,  T.  M.  Powell. 

1859. 

G.  W.  RIVES,  President. 

GEO.  HODGE,  Clerk. 

Trustees — Shubal  York,  H.  R.  Miller,  A.  H.  Hodge,  Walter  Booth. 

1860. 

WALTER  BOOTH,  President. 

W.  A.  WOZENCRAFT,  Clerk. 

Trustees — N.  Link,  C.  Carey,  J.  I.  LaGrange,  S.  P.  Reed. 

1861. 

WALTER  BOOTH,  President. 

OTIS  BROWN,  Clerk. 

Trustees — N.  Link,  H.  Sandford,  L.  L.  Todd,  D.  D.  Neal. 

1862. 

WALTER  BOOTH,  President. 

OTIS  BROWN,  Clerk. 

Trustees — Jonathan  Young,  Dudley  McLain,  I.  Ely,  L.  Gatz. 

1863. 

M.  M.  DILL,  President. 

OTIS  BROWN,  Clerk. 

Trustees — A.  C.  Connelly,  Geo.  Anthony,  L.  Sisk,  D.  Wilt. 

1864. 

JONATHAN  MAYO,  President. 

J.  M.  •SHEETS,  Clerk. 

Trustees — W.  J.  Gregg,  J.  Cretors,  Wm.  Moore,  James  A.  Nelson. 

1865. 

H.  TANNER,  President. 

OTIS  BROWN,  Clerk. 

Trustees — W.  S.  Cook,  George  Anthony,  L.  C.  Mann,  Joseph  Bradbury. 

1866. 

GEORGE  W.  RIVES,  President. 

H.  VAN  SELLAR,  Clerk. 

Trustees — Samuel  Graham,  E.  C.  Woolley,  D.  Huston,  John  E.  Murphy. 

1867. 

JAMES  A.  EADS,  President 
J.  T.  DOUGLAS,  Clerk. 

Trustees — J.  I.  LaGrange,  John  Lamb,  L.  C.  Mann,  Joseph  Sudduth. 


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1868. 

H.  TANNER,  President. 

H.  S.  TANNER,  Clerk. 

Trustees — L.  Sisk,  E.  D.  Stalnaker,  Lewis  McClain,  John  Lamb. 

June  1st,  1869. 

(Organization  under  Special  City  Charter.) 

H.  VAN  SELLAR,  Mayor. 

W.  L.  FOULKE,  Clerk. 

Aldermen — W.  A.  Wozencraft,  E.  P.  Shaw,  Leonard  Barker,  E.  D.  Stal- 
naker. 

1870. 

A.  Y.  TROGDON,  Mayor. 

W.  L.  FOULKE,  Clerk. 

Aldermen — J.  H.  Mann,  T.  M.  Beall,  W.  A.  Wozencraft,  E.  P.  Shaw. 

1871. 

W.  A.  WOZENCRAFT,  Mayor. 

H.  S.  TANNER,  Clerk. 

Aldermen — Levi  Sisk,  John  Lamb,  J.  H.  Mann,  T.  M.  Beall. 

1872. 

Ri.  B.  SUTHERLAND,  Mayor. 

CHARLES  P.  HITCiH,  Clerk. 

Aldermen — H.  C.  Moss,  S.  P.  Link,  Levi  Sisk,  John  Lamb. 

1873. 

(Organization  Under  General  Incorporation  Law.) 

W.  A.  WOZENCRAFT,  Mayor. 

JOSEPH  W.  PAYNE,  Clerk. 

T.  M.  WHITEHEAD,  Treasurer. 

R;.  L.  McKINLAY,  Attorney. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — H.  J.  Ball,  C.  W.  Powell.  Second  Ward — Wm. 
Siebert,  S.  K.  Hunter.  Third  Ward — H.  C.  Moss,  Levi  C.  Mann. 
Fourth  Ward — S.  P.  Link,  J.  Y.  Antrim. 

1874. 

W.  A.  WOZENCRAFT,  Mayor. 

JOSEPH  W.  PAYNE,  Clerk. 

T.  M.  WHITEHEAD,  Treasurer. 

R.  L.  McKINLAY,  Attorney. 

Aldermen— First  Ward— H.  J.  Ball,  *C.  W.  Powell.  Second  Ward— S. 
K.  Hunter,  W.  B.  Caldwell.  Third  Ward — H.  C.  Moss,  L.  C.  Mann. 
Fourth  Ward — J.  Y.  Antrim,  D.  B.  Elliott. 

♦Resigned — J.  I.  LaGrange  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy. 

1875. 

S.  P.  LINK,  Mayor. 

JOSEPH  W.  PAYNE,  Clerk. 

T.  M.  WHITEHEAD,  Treasurer. 

R.  L.  McKINLAY,  Attorney. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — J.  I.  LaGrange,  Levi  Sisk.  Second  Ward W. 

B.  Caldwell,  S.  K.  Hunter.  Third  Ward — L.  C.  Mann,  H.  M. 
Swisher.  Fourth  Ward — D.  B.  Elliott,  M.  L.  Whiteside. 


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1876. 

S.  P.  LINK,  Mayor.  . 

JOSEPH  W.  PAYNE,  Clerk. 

T.  M.  WHITEHEAD,  Treasurer. 

R.  L.  McKINLAY,  Attorney. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — Levi  Sisk,  J.  I.  LaGrange.  Second  Ward — S. 
K.  Hunter,  Henry  Dodd.  Third  Ward — L.  €.  Mann,  H.  M.  Swisher. 
Fourth  Ward — M.  L.  Whiteside,  E.  D.  Jury 


1877. 

WALTER  BOOTH,  Mayor. 

JOSEPH  W.  PAYNE,  Clerk. 

W.  B.  HUMPHREY,  Treasurer. 

JOSEPH  E.  DYAS,  Attorney. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — Levi  Sisk,  J.  I.  LaGrange.  Second  Ward — 
Henry  Dodd,  Z.  T.  Baum.  Third  Ward — L.  C.  Mann,  J.  B.  Bren- 
nan. Fourth  Ward — E.  D.  Jury,  A.  B Austin. 


1878. 

WALTER  BOOTH,  Mayor. 

JOSEPH  W.  PAYNE,  Clerk. 

W.  B.  HUMPHREY,  Treasurer. 

JOSEPH  E.  DYAS,  Attorney. 

WILLIAM  N.  BURT,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — F.  M.  Pattison,  J.  H.  Magner.  Second  Ward — 
Z.  T.  Baum,  John  L.  Hizar.  Third  Ward — J.  N.  Anthony,  A.  Gus 
Walker.  Fourth  Ward — J.  C.  Collom,  A.  B.  Austin. 


1879. 

A.  B.  POWELL,  Mayor. 

JOSEPH  W.  PAYNE,  Clerk. 

JOSEPH  M.  DILL,  Treasurer. 

JOSEPH  E.  DYAS,  Attorney. 

WILLIAM  N.  BURT,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — James  W.  Binford,  J.  H.  Magner.  Second 
Ward — John  Lamb,  John  L.  Hizar.  Third  Ward — A.  Gus  Walker, 
J.  N.  Anthony.  Fourth  Ward — Simon  Hamburger,  J.  C.  Collom. 

1880. 

H.  J.  BALL,  Mayor  Acting. 

JOSEPH  W.  PAYNE,  Clerk. 

JOSEPH  M.  DILL,  Treasurer. 

JOSEPH  E.  DYAS,  Attorney. 

WILLIAM  N.  BURT,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — F.  R.  Augustus.  H.  Van  Sellar.  Second 
Ward — John  Lamb,  H.  J.  Ball.  Third  Ward — A.  Gus  Walker,  John 
H.  C.  Gist.  Fourth  Ward — Simon  Hamburger,  V.  Stewart. 


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1881 

D.  B.  ELLIOTT,  Mayor. 

JOSEPH  W.  PAYNE,  Clerk. 

ALLYN  G.  ADAMS,  Treasurer. 

ED.  W.  SNYDER,  Attorney. 

WILLIAM  N.  BURT,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen— First  Ward— J.  H.  Matthias,  F.  R.  Augustus.  Second 
Ward — John  Lamb,  H.  J.  Ball.  Third  Ward — A.  J.  Baber,  John  H, 
C.  Gist.  Fourth  Ward — Vincent  Stewart,  T.  F.  Van  Horn. 

1882. 

D.  B.  ELLIOTT,  Mayor. 

JOSEPH  W.  PAYNE,  Clerk. 

ALLYN  G.  ADAMS,  Treasurer. 

ED.  W.  SNYDER,  Attorney. 

GEORGE  E.  BACON,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — J.  I.  LaGrange,  S.  €.  Brown.  Second  Ward — 
H.  J.  Ball,  John  Lamb.  Third;  Ward— A.  J.  Baber,  I.  N.  Sheppard. 
Fourth  Ward — T.  F.  Van  Horn,  Matt  Crable. 

1883. 

W A.  WOZENCRAFT,  Mayor. 

H.  S.  SHAW,  Clerk. 

H.  B.  ADAM’S,  Treasurer. 

ALFRED  TANNER,  Attorney. 

GEORGE  E.  BACON,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — J.  I.  LaGrange,  W.  J.  Hunter.  Second  Ward — 
John  Lamb,  Z.  Fred  Link.  Third  Ward — I.  W.  Sheppard,  Paul 
Huston.  Fourth  Ward — Matt  Crable,  T.  F.  Van  Horn. 

1884. 

W.  A.  WOZENCRAFT,  Mayor. 

H.  S.  SHAW,  Clerk. 

H.  B.  ADAMS,  Treasurer. 

ALFRED  TANNER,  Attorney. 

GEORGE  E.  BACON,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — W.  J.  Hunter,  J.  C.  Ficklin.  Second  Ward — 
Z.  Fred  Link,  B.  W.  Hodge.  Third  Ward — Paul  Huston,  P.  W. 
Manley.  Fourth  Ward — T.  F.  Van  Horn,  Granville  Cretors. 

1885. 

ZACHARY  T.  BAUM,  Mayor. 

C.  B.  HOLDING,  Clerk. 

HENRY  WALLACE,  Treasurer. 

J.  H.  ANTHONY,  Attorney. 

H.  S.  SHAW1,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — Joseph  C.  Ficklin,  D.  D.  Huston.  Second 
Ward — B.  W.  Hodge,  A.  A.  Piper.  Third  Ward — P.  W.  Manley, 
James  L.  Vance.  Fourth  Ward — Granville  Cretors. 


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1886. 

ZACKARY  T.  BAUM,  Mayor. 

C.  B.  HOLDING,  Clerk. 

HENRY  WALLACE,  Treasurer. 

J.  H.  ANTHONY,  Attorney. 

THOMAS  W.  HARRIS,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — D.  D.  Huston,  Joseph  C.  Ficklin.  Second 
Ward — A.  A.  Piper,  N.  R.  Dunbar.  Third  Ward — James  L.  Vance, 
P.  W.  Manley.  Fourth  Ward — John  Lamb,  Granville  Cretors. 

1887. 

JACOB  M.  BELL,  Mayor. 

A.  H.  GEOHEGAN,  Clerk. 

RICHARD  G.  SUTHERLAND,  Treasurer. 

J.  W.  HOWELL,  Attorney. 

THOMAS  W.  HARRIS,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — Joseph  C.  Ficklin,  W.  J.  Hunter.  Second 
Ward — N.  R.  Dunbar,  A.  A.  Piper.  Third  Ward — P.  W.  Manley, 
N.  P.  Smith.  Fourth  Ward — Granville  Cretors,  John  C.  Collom. 

1888. 

JACOB  M.  BELL,  Mayor. 

A.  H.  GOEHEGAN,  Clerk. 

RICHARD  G.  SUTHERLAND,  Treasurer. 

J.  W.  HOWELL,  Attorney. 

THOMAS  W.  HARRIS,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — W.  J.  Hunter,  James  Stewart.  Second  Ward — 
A.  A.  Piper,  Zachary  T.  Baum.  Third  Ward — N.  P.  Smith,  R.  S. 
Rives.  Fourth  Ward — John  Lamb  Jr.,  John  C.  Palmer. 

1889. 

W.  R.  SWINFORD,  Mayor. 

A.  H.  GEOHEGAN,  Clerk. 

C.  O.  CHESNUT,  Treasurer. 

J.  W.  HOWELL,  Attorney. 

THOMAS  W.  HARRIS,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — James  Stewart,  W.  O.  Pinnell.  Second  Ward 
— G.  W.  Patton,  G.  W.  Marley.  Third  Ward — R.  S.  Rives,  H.  M. 
Swisher.  Fourth  Ward — John  C.  Palmer,  A.  P.  Harris. 


1890. 

W.  R.  SWINFORD,  Mayor. 

A.  H.  GEOHEGAN,  Clerk. 

C.  O.  CHESNUT,  Treasurer. 

J.  W.  HOWELL,  Attorney. 

H.  J.  BALL,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — W.  O.  Pinnell,  W.  O.  Rice.  Second  Ward — G. 
W.  Marley,  J.  M.  Propst.  Third  Ward — H.  M.  Swisher,  R.  S. 
Rives.  Fourth  Ward — A.  P.  Harris,  J.  C.  Palmer. 


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1891. 

W.  R.  SWINFORD,  Mayor. 

C.  H.  HODGE,  Clerk. 

W.  B.  LOGAN,  Treasurer. 

J.  W.  HOWELL,  Attorney. 

H.  J.  BALL,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen— First  Ward— W.  O.  Rice,  W.  O.  Pinnell.  Second  Ward — 
J.  M.  Propst,  G.  W.  Marley.  Third  Ward — R.  S.  Rives,  William 
Dillon.  Fourth  Ward — J.  C.  Palmer,  A.  P.  Harris. 

1892. 

W.  R.  SWINFORD,  Mayor. 

C.  H.  HODGE,  Clerk. 

W.  B.  LOGAN,  Treasurer. 

J.  W.  HOWELL,  Attorney. 

H.  J.  BALL,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — W.  O.  Pinnel,  I.  R.  Landis.  Second  Ward — 
G.  W.  Marley,  A.  A.  Piper.  Third  Ward — William  Dillon,  W.  W. 
Trover.  Fourth  Ward — A.  P.  Harris,  Granville  Cretors. 

1893. 

JACOB  M.  BELL,  Mayor. 

C.  H.  HODGE,  Clerk. 

H.  C.  BOYLES,  Treasurer. 

J.  W.  HOWELL,  Attorney. 

H.  J.  BALL,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — I.  R.  Landis,  D.  D.  Huston.  Second  Ward — A. 
A.  Piper,  John  Lamb  Jr.  Third  Ward — W.  W.  Trover,  Zara  E. 
Powell.  Fourth  Ward — Granville  Cretors,  Matt  Crable. 

1894. 

JACOB  M.  BELL,  Mayor. 

C.  H.  HODGE,  Clerk. 

H.  C.  BOYLES,  Treasurer. 

J.  W.  HOWELL,  Attorney. 

*H.  J.  BALL,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — D.  D.  Huston,  W.  J.  Hunter.  'Second  Ward — 
John  Lamb  Jr.,  W.  H.  Hodge.  Third  Ward — Zara  E.  Powell, 
Charles  H.  Whalen.  Fourth  Ward — Matt  Crable,  Granville  Cretors. 
*Died — Ed.  W.  Snyder,  elected. 

1895. 

W.  O.  PINNELL,  Mayor. 

C.  H.  HODGE,  Clerk. 

W.  B.  LOGAN,  Treasurer. 

JOSEPH  E.  DYAS,  Attorney. 

ED.  W.  SNYDER,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — W.  J.  Hunter,  D.  D.  Huston.  Second  Ward — 
W.  H.  Hodge,  Simon  Risser.  Third  Ward — Charles  H.  Whalen, 
Z.  E.  Powell.  Fourth  Ward — Granville  Cretors,  Matt  Crable. 


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1896. 

W.  O.  PINNELL,  Mayor. 

C.  H.  HODGE,  Clerk. 

W.  B.  LOGAN,  Treasurer. 

JOSEPH  E.  DYAS,  Attorney. 

ED.  W.  SNYDER,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — D.  D.  Huston,  Geo.  R.  Marrs.  Second  Ward 
— Simon  Risser,  W.  O.  Roach.  Third  Ward — Z.  E.  Powell,  *H.  H. 
Huston.  Fourth  Ward — Matt  Crable,  Granville  Cretors. 

*Resigned — W.  S.  Huls  elected. 

1897. 

DAVID  D.  HUSTON,  Mayor. 

C.  H.  HODGE,  Clerk. 

F.  M.  RUDE,  Treasurer. 

JOSEPH  E.  DYAS,  Attorney. 

ED.  W.  SNYDER,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — George  R.  Marrs,  Horace  Dollarhide.  Second 
Ward — W.  O.  Roach,  G.  W.  Marley.  Third  Ward — H.  H.  Huston, 
W.  D.  Cole.  Fourth  Ward — Granville  Cretors,  B.  L.  Marshall. 

1898. 

DAVID  D.  HUSTON,  Mayor. 

C.  H.  HODGE,  Clerk. 

F.  M.  RUDE,  Treasurer. 

JOSEPH  E.  DYAS,  Attorney. 

ED.  W.  SNYDER,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — Horace  Dollarhide,  S.  E.  Eads.  Second  Ward 
— G.  W.  Marley,  W.  T.  Blackburn.  Third  Ward — W.  D.  Cole,  John 
H.  C.  Gist.  Fourth  Ward — B.  L.  Marshall,  Zackary  T.  Baum. 

1899. 

ZACHARY  T.  BAUM,  Mayor. 

C.  H.  HODGE,  Clerk. 

HORACE  LINK,  Treasurer. 

JOSEPH  E.  DYAS,  Attorney. 

ED.  W.  'SNYDER,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — JS.  E.  Eads,  Ed.  F.  Miller.  Second  Ward — W. 
T.  Blackburn,  E.  O.  Laughlin.  Third  Ward — John  H.  C.  Gist,  W. 

D.  Cole.  Fourth  Ward — A1  Bell,  J.  J.  Stevenson. 

1900.  . 

ZACHARY  T.  BAUM,  Mayor. 

C.  H.  HODGE,  Clerk. 

HORACE  LINK,  Treasurer. 

JOSEPH  E.  DYAS,  Attorney. 

ED.  W.  SNYDER,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — Ed  F.  Miller,  O.  T.  Merkle.  Second  Ward — 

E.  O.  Laughlin,  WTm.  T.  Blackburn.  Third  Ward — W.  D.  Cole, 
John  H.  C.  Gist.  Fourth  Ward — J.  J.  Stevenson,  Ad  Crable.  Fifth 
Ward — Dr.  N.  P.  Smith,  J.  B.  Bovell. 


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1901. 

ZACHARY  T.  BAUM,  Mayor. 

W.  B.  LOGAN,  Clerk. 

W.  D.  COLE,  Treasurer. 

WILLIS  H.  CLINTON,  Attorney. 

ED.  W.  SNYDER,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen— First  Ward— Ed.  F.  Miller,  O.  T.  Merkle.  Second  Ward— 
Wm.  T.  Blackburn,  E.  O.  Laughlin.  Third  Ward — John  H.  C. 
Gist,  A1  Bell.  Fourth  Ward — Ad  Crable,  John  J.  Stevenson.  Fifth 
Ward— Dr.  N.  P.  Smith,  Bruce  McNutt. 

1902. 

ZACHARY  T.  BAUM,  Mayor. 

W.  B.  LOGAN,  Clerk. 

W.  D.  COLE,  Treasurer. 

WILLIS  H.  CLINTON,  Attorney. 

JOHN  A.  PATTERSON,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — O.  T.  Merkle,  Ed.  F.  Miller.  Second  Ward — 
Wm.  T.  Blackburn,  E.  O.  Laughlin.  Third  Ward — A1  Bell,  John 
H.  €.  Gist.  Fourth  Ward — J.  J.  Stevenson,  T.  A.  Huls.  Fifth 
Ward — Dr.  N.  P.  Smith,  Bruce  McNutt. 

1903. 

ZACHARY  T.  BAUM,  Mayor. 

W.  B.  LOGAN,  Clerk. 

W.  W.  JUNTGEN,  Treasurer. 

RICHARD  S.  DYAS,  Attorney. 

JOHN  A.  PATTERSON,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward- — O.  T.  Merkle,  Ed.  F.  Miller.  Second  Ward — 
Wm.  T.  Blackburn,  E.  O.  Laughlin.  Third  Ward — A1  Bell,  John  H. 
C.  Gist.  Fourth  Ward — J.  J.  Stevenson,  T.  A.  Huls.  Fifth  Ward — 
Dr.  N.  P.  Smith,  A.  Ochs. 


1904. 

ZACHARY  T.  BAUM,  Mayor. 

W.  B.  LOGAN,  Clerk. 

W.  W.  JUNTGEN,  Treasurer. 

RICHARD  S.  DYAS,  Attorney. 

JOHN  A.  PATTERSON,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — Ed  F.  Miller,  Dr.  T.  C.  McCord.  Second 
Ward — E.  O.  Laughlin,  Dr.  F.  D.  Lydick.  Third  Ward — A1  Bell, 
John  H.  C.  Gist.  Fourth  Ward — John  J.  Stevenson,  T.  A.  Huls. 
Fifth  Ward — M.  Athon,  A.  Ochs. 

1905. 

DR.  T.  C.  M’CORD,  Mayor. 

W.  B.  LOGAN,  Clerk. 

GEORGE  Y.  PERKINS,  Treasurer. 

RICHARD  S.  DYA'S,  Attorney. 

JOHN  A.  PATTERSON,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen— First  Ward— O.  T.  Merkle,  Ed.  F.  Miller.  Second  Ward— 
Dr.  F.  D.  Lydick,  E.  O.  Laughlin.  Third  Ward — John  H.  C.  Gist, 
A1  Bell.  Fourth  Ward— T.  A.  Huls,  John  J.  Stevenson.  Fifth 
Ward — M.  Athon,  A.  Ochs. 


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1906. 

DR.  T.  C.  M’CORD,  Mayor. 

W.  B.  LOGAN,  Clerk. 

GEORGE  Y.  PERKINS,  Treasurer. 

RICHARD  S.  DYAS,  Attorney. 

JOHN  A.  PATTERSON,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — Ed.  F.  Miller,  Chas.  Henn.  Second  Ward — 
E.  O.  Laughlin,  E.  E.  Elledge.  Third  Ward— A1  Bell,  John  H.  C. 
Gist.  Fourth  Ward — John  J.  Stevenson,  T.  A.  Huls.  Fifth  Ward 
— A.  Ochs,  I.  R.  Landis. 

1907. 

DR.  T.  C.  M’CORD,  Mayor. 

W.  B.  LOGAN,  Clerk. 

C.  S.  SELLAR,  Treasurer. 

RICHARD  S.  DYAS,  Attorney. 

JOHN  A.  PATTERSON,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — Charles  Henn,  O.  N.  Wilson.  Second  Ward — 
E.  E.  Elledge,  Charles  Foley.  Third  Ward — A1  Bell,  John  H.  C. 
Gist.  Fourth  Ward — T.  A.  Huls,  J.  M.  Moody.  Fifth  Ward — I. 
R.  Landis,  Dr.  Daniel  W.  Young. 

1908. 

DR.  T.  C.  M’CORD,  Mayor. 

W.  B.  LOGAN,  Clerk. 

C.  S.  SELLAR,  Treasurer. 

RICHARD  S.  DYAS,  Attorney. 

JOHN  A.  PATTERSON,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — O.  N.  Wilson,  H.  H.  Howell.  Second  Ward — 
Charles  Foley,  Wilbur  Jenkins.  Third  Ward — A1  Bell,  John  H.  C. 
Gist  Fourth  Ward — J.  M.  Moody,  T.  A.  Huls.  Fifth  Ward — Dr. 
Daniel  W.  Young. 


1909. 

THOMAS  J.  TROGDON,  Mayor. 

W.  B.  LOGAN,  Clerk. 

ALVA  H.  CLINE,  Treasurer. 

WILBUR  H.  HICKMAN,  Attorney. 

JOHN  A.  PATTERSON,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — H.  H.  Howell,  O.  N.  Wilson.  Second  Ward — 
Wilbur  Jenkins,  Jas.  H.  McCullough.  Third  Ward — George  W. 
Wood,  M.  L.  Rittenhouse.  Fourth  Ward — T.  A.  Huls,  J.  M. 
Moody.  Fifth  Ward — George  Lutz,  Granville  Jenkins. 

1910. 

THOMAS  J.  TROGDON,  Mayor. 

W.  B.  LOGAN,  Clerk. 

ALVA  H.  CLINE,  Treasurer. 

WILBUR  H.  HICKMAN,  Attorney. 

WM.  N.  BURT,  Police  Magistrate. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — O.  N.  Wilson,  John  L.  Kirkpatrick.  Second 
Ward — James  H.  McCullough,  L.  L.  Canine.  Third  Ward — M.  L. 
Rittenhouse,  John  Black.  Fourth  Ward — J.  M.  Moody,  George  H. 
McCord.  Fifth  Ward — Granville  Jenkins,  Dr.  Daniel  W.  Young. 


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OFFICERS  OF  THE  CITY  GOVERNMENT  OF  PARIS,  ILLINOIS 
FOR  THE  YEARS  1911—1912. 


FRED  BABER,  Mayor. 

HOWARD  A.  ARCHER,  Clerk. 

EDMUND  E.  FERRIS,  Treasurer. 

FRANK  E.  SHOPP,  Attorney. 

WM.  N.  BURT,  Police  Magistrate. 

EDWARD  STEP,  Chief  of  Police. 

Aldermen — First  Ward — Capt.  Henry  Wiley,  *John  L.  Kirkpatrick. 
Second  Ward — L.  L.  Canine,  Dr.  W.  J.  Chittick.  Third  Ward — 
Martin  Rittenhouse  Jr.,  **John  Black.  Fourth  Ward — John  M. 
Moody,  Geo.  H.  McCord.  Fifth  Ward — Andrew  Schaeffer,  Dr. 
Daniel  W.  Young. 

*Election  held  illegal,  John  L.  Kirkpatrick,  Oct.  20,  1911. 
**Resigned  John  Black. 

Policemen — Edward  Step,  Chief.  Patrolmen — Charles  P.  Duck, 

Charles  Hardy,  Ezra  VanHoutin,  Hartford  Smith,  Thomas  Lynch. 

Police  Surgeon — Dr.  Frank  D.  Lydick. 

COUNCIL  COMMITTEES 

Water  Works  and  Electric  Light  Board — George  McCord,  Andrew 
Schaeffer,  Martin  Rittenhouse  Jr. 

Board  of  Local  Improvements — Mayor,  City  Engineer,  Moody. 

’Streets  and  Alleys — Dr.  Daniel  W.  Young,  George  H.  McCord, 
Andrew  Schaeffer. 

Public  Grounds  and  Buildings — Capt.  Henry  Wiley,  Andrew  L. 
Schaeffer,  John  L.  Kirkpatrick.  „ 

Fire — Martin  Rittenhouse  Jr.,  Andrew  L.  Schaeffer,  J.  M.  Moody. 

Police — George  H.  McCord,  Dr . Daniel  W.  Young,  Andrew  L. 
Schaeffer. 

Auditory — Dr.  Daniel  W.  Young,  George  H.  McCord,  Dr.  W.  J. 
Chittick. 

Finance — Capt.  Henry  Wiley,  Martin  Rittenhouse  Jr.,  L.  L.  Can- 
ine. 

Health — Capt.  Henry  Wiley,  Dr.  W.  J.  Chittick,  John  L.  Kirk- 
patrick. 


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Printing — Dr.  W.  J.  Chittick,  Capt.  Henry  Wiley,  L.  L.  Canine. 

Purchasing — Andrew  L.  Schaeffer,  Capt.  Henry  Wiley,  L.  L. 
Canine. 

Sewerage — J.  M.  Moody,  Dr.  Daniel  W.  Young,  George  H.  Mc- 
Cord. 

Board  of  Health — Dr.  Bertha  L.  Clinton,  Dr.  Frank  M.  Link,  Dr. 
William  H.  Halloran. 

Public  Library  Board — Dr.  E.  O.  Laughlin,  Rev.  Ira  W.  Allen  Jr., 
J.  W.  Snyder,  Mrs.  U.  O.  Colson,  Edward  Levings,  Frank  Cook,  Mrs. 
McFarren  Davis,  Mrs.  J.  T.  Musselman  and  J.  E.  Parrish. 


. 


. 


GENERAL  ORDINANCES 


OF  THE 

CITY  of  PARIS;  ILLINOIS 


IN  FORCE  JAN.  1,  1912 


Compiled,  Revised  and  Codified  by  FRANK  E.  SHOPP,  City  Attorney 


PUBLISHED  BY  ORDER  OF  THE  CITY  COUNCIL 


PARIS,  ILLINOIS 

THE  PARIS  BEACON  PUBLISHING  COMPANY  PRINT 
1912 


AG  13 


The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  matter  of 
compiling  the  City  Ordinances  made  the  following  report 
which  was  adopted  January  1,  1912. 

To  the  Honorable  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Paris,  Illinois : 

Your  Committee  respectfully  report  that  Frank  E.  Shopp, 
City  Attorney,  has  revised  and  codified  the  ordinances  of  the 
City  of  Paris  under  our  supervision. 


DR.  DANIEL  W.  YOUNG, 
GEORGE  McCORD, 

DR.  W.  J.  CHITTICK, 


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AN  ORDINANCE  for  revising  and  to  codify  the  general  ordin- 
ances of  the  city  of  Paris. 

(Passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Whereas,  It  is  expedient  that  the  general  ordinances  of  this 
city  should  he  revised,  codified  and  arranged  under  the  appro- 
priate headings  giving  the  title  of  the  ordinances,  and  that  an 
index  to  the  whole  should  he  made.  Therefore,  he  it 

Ordained,  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris : 

ADDITIONS  MUST  CORRESPOND  WITH  ESTAB- 
LISHED STREETS. 

AN  ORDINANCE1  in  relation  to  additions,  maps,  and  plats. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1 . Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of 
Paris,  Any  addition  which  may  hereafter  he  made  to  the  city 
of  Paris,  or  any  lands  adjoining  or  within  the  same,  which  may 
be  laid  out  into  lots  or  blocks,  shall  he  so  laid  out,  surveyed  and 
platted,  that  the  blocks  or  other  sub-divisions  thereof,  shall  con- 
form to  the  regular  blocks  of  the  original  town  plat,  or  with  the 
regular  blocks  of  the  additions  adjoining  such  lands  or  addi- 
tions, so  proposed  to  be  laid  out,  and  the  streets  and  alleys  shall 
correspond  with  and  conform  to  the  previously  established 
streets  and  alleys  with  which  they  may  connect,  and  continue 
the  same. 


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Section  2.  Any  person  who  shall  survey  or  plat  any  addi- 
tion to  the  city  of  Paris,  or  any  lands  adjoining  or  within  the 
same,  into  lots,  blocks  or  other  sub-divisions,  or  shall  re-sub-di- 
vide any  block,  lot,  sublot,  out-lot  or  part  thereof,  without  said 
city  shall  submit  the  map,  plat  or  sub-division  thereof,  to  the  city 
council  for  its  approval,  and  no  such  map,  plat  or  sub-division 
shall  be  valid  or  admitted  to  record  in  the  office  of  the  recorder 
of  deeds  in  and  for  Edgar  county,  until  the  same  has  been  so 
submitted  and  approved  by  the  City  Council. 

Section  3.  Any  person  who  shall,  as  owner  of  the  land  so 
surveyed  or  platted,  or  as  the  agent  of  any  such  owner,  cause  to 
be  recorded  in  the  recorder’s  office  of  Edgar  county,  any  such 
map,  plat  or  sub-division  mentioned  in  Section  2,  without  hav- 
ing the  same  submitted  to  and  approved  by  the  said  City  Council 
before  filing  the  same  in  said  recorder’s  office  for  record,  shall 
be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars. 

Section  4.  Any  person  who,  as  owner  of  the  land  so  sur- 
veyed or  platted,  or  as  agent  of  any  such  owner,  shall  sell  or  of- 
fer for  sale,  any  lot,  block,  sub-division  or  part  thereof,  in  any 
such  addition,  division  or  sub-division  of  lands,  as  mentioned  in 
Section  2 hereof,  before  the  map,  plat,  or  sub-division  thereof 
has  been  approved  by  said  City  Council,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  for 
each  offense. 

Section  5.  If  the  City  Council  approve  any  map  or  plat  of 


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any  addition,  or  sub-division,  submitted  to  it,  as  herein  provid- 
ed, a certificate  of  said  approval  shall  be  endorsed  upon  said 
map  or  plat,  signed  by  the  mayor  and  attested  by  the  city  clerk. 


AMUSEMENTS— LICENSE. 

AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  shows,  theaters,  nickleodeons,  vaudevilles 
(Passed  June  5,  1899.  Amended  July  3,  1911.  Approved  July  3,  1911.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 

of  Pans , It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
to  exhibit  or  to  participate  in  the  exhibition  or  any  theatrical 
musical,  or  other  exhibition  or  any  public  show  within  the  city 
of  Paris,  for  which  money  is  demanded  and  received,  except 
lectures  on  scientific,  benevolent,  or  literary  subjects  and  the  ap- 
paratus for  the  elucidation  of  the  same,  and  specimens  of  fine 
arts,  without  first  obtaining  a license  therefor;  and  every  per- 
son who  shall  violate  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  on  con- 
viction be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars 
and  shall  pay  all  cost  of  prosecution. 

Section  2.  Every  license  granted  for  any  exhibition  con- 
templated in  the  preceding  section,  shall  state  the  name  or 
names  of  the  person  or  persons  in  whose  favor  and  for  what  pur- 
pose the  same  is  granted  and  the  length  of  time  it  is  to  continue 
or  the  number  of  exhibitions  authorized,  and  in  case  of  any 
theatrical  performance,  circus  managerie,  hippodrome,  or  exhi- 
bition of  wild  animals,  the  place  or  house  at  which  such  per- 
formances or  exhibitions  will  be  had. 


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Section  3.  The  amount  to  be  paid  for  each  license  shall  be 
as  follows:  Eor  exhibiting  a hippodrome  of  circus  with- 
in the  said  city  of  Paris,  twenty-five  dollars  for  each 
day;  and  for  either  a caravan,  menagerie  or  other  collec 
tion  of  wild  animals,  twenty  dollars  for  each  day  and  five 
dollars  in  addition  thereto  for  each  sideshow  annexed,  attached 
to,  or  accompanying  either.  And  for  each  theatrical,  vaudeville 
and  other  exhibitions  and  public  shows  the  sum  of  five  dollars 
per  month,  and  for  each  nickelodeon  or  where  moving  picture 
shows  are  shown  the  sum  of  five  dollars  per  month.  And  Pro- 
vided, further,  that  all  license  shall  be  paid  for  at  the  issuance 
thereof. 

Section  4.  That  all  theaters,  opera  houses,  nickelodeons, 
vaudeville,  and  other  places  where  shows  and  exhibitions  are 
given  shall  be  so  constructed  that  the  front  doors,  side  doors, 
and  back  doors  shall  open  outward  and  shall  be  so  swung  upon 
their  hinges  and-  constructed  that  said  doors  shall  open  out 
ward ; and  that  all  means  of  egress  for  the  public  from  the  main 
hall  or  room  from  the  building  shall  be  by  means  of  doors 
which  shall  open  outwards  from  the  main  room  or  building  and 
the  word  “Exit”  shall  be  placed  over  said  door  in  large  red  let- 
ters easily  seen  to  the  public.  And  Provided , further,  no  own- 
er, proprietor,  of  any  theater,  opera  house,  nickelodeon,  vaude- 
ville or  other  place  where  any  show  or  exhibition  is  given  shall 
permit  any  chairs  or  other  obstruction  to  be  put  in  any  aisles  of 
said  room  or  building.  Any  person  violating  this  section  shall 


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be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars  and  pay  cost  of  prosecution. 

Section  5.  No  license  shall  be  granted  for,  or  if  granted, 
the  same  shall  not  authorize  the  enacting  or  performance  of 
any  indecent  or  lewd  play  or  exhibition  of  any  kind ; and  any 
person  giving,  exhibiting,  or  taking  part  in  any  such  play  or 
exhibition  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Section  6.  It  shall  he  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
to  keep  any  shooting  gallery  or  place  for  shooting  at 
targets  within  the  city  of  Paris,  for  hire  or  gain 
wherein  persons  are  allowed  to  shoot  at  a target  mark,  unless 
such  owner  or  keeper  shall  first  obtain  a license  to  keep  such 
shooting  gallery. 

Section  7.  The  City  Council  may  in  its  discretion  grant 
license  to  discreet  persons  of  good  moral  character  to  keep  shoot- 
ing galleries  or  a place  for  shooting  at  targets. 

Section  8.  Any  person  desiring  a license  to  keep  a shooting 
gallery,  or  place  for  shooting  at  targets,  shall  make  application 
for  same  in  writing,  at  a regular  meeting  of  the  City  Council 
and  shall  state  the  name  or  names  of  the  person,  or  persons,  ap- 
plying for  license,  and  also  the  location  of  the  room  or  place  in 
which  it  is  proposed  to  carry  on  the  business  for  which  the  li- 
cense is  desired,  and  if  a majority  of  the  Council  shall  grant 
the  application,  the  clerk  shall,  upon  the  payment  of  $15.00  to 
'him,  issue  the  license  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 


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this  ordinance,  and  such  license  shall  authorize  the  person  or 
persons,  to  whom  said  license  is  issued,  to  keep  a shooting  gal- 
lery as  above  set  forth  for  the  term  of  three  months  from  the 
date  of  said  license  and  said  license  shall  not  be  transferable  di- 
rectly or  indirectly,  unless  by  the  express  consent  of  the  Coun- 
cil, and  shall  be  issued  on  the  condition  that  the  same  shall  be 
subject  to  be  revoked  at  any  time  in  the  discretion  of  the  City 
Council. 

Section  9.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  keep  a shoot- 
ing gallery  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  Section  6 of  this  ordi- 
nance, shall  be  fined  not  less  than  the  sum  of  five  dollars,  nor 
more  than  twenty-five  dollars  and  costs  of  prosecution. 

Section  10.  All  license  issued  under  this  ordinance  shall 
be  issued  by  the  city  clerk,  upon  payment  to  the  city  treasurer,, 
of  the  sums  herein  provided. 

Section  11.  Any  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  con- 
flict with  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

AMUSEMENTS  ON  SUNDAY 

AN  ORDINANCE  prescribing  penalty  for  disturbing  the  peace  by 
Play  or  amusement  on  Sundays 
(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall,  on  Sunday,  play  ball,  or  disturb  the 
peace  or  good  order  of  society  by  any  play  or  amusement,  shall 
be  subject  to  a penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars,  and  not  ex- 
ceeding one  hundred  dollars. 


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AMUSEMENT  PLACES— OPEN  ON  SUNDAY 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  places  of  amusement  on  Sunday 
(Passed  June  5,  1899.  Amended  Nov.  22,  1911.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall,  on  Sunday,  keep  open  any  billiard 
room,  hall  or,  pin  alley,  saloon,  house,  beer  garden,  theater, 
nickelodeon,  vaudeville,  or  any  other  place  of  amusement, 
for  the  purpose  of  amusement  or  play,  shall  be  subject  to  a pen- 
alty of  not  less  than  five  dollars,  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred 
dollars. 


ANIMALS  AND  POUNDS 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  restrain  animals  from  running  at  large  and 
providing  a pound,  etc. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , No  animals  of  the  species  of  cattle,  horse,  mule,  ass, 
swine,,  sheep,  or  goat,  shall  be  permitted  to  run  or  to  be  at  large, 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris. 

Section  2.  Whoever  being  the  owner  or  possessor  of  any 
such  animal,  shall  suffer  or  permit  the  same  to  run  or  be  at 
large,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  following  named  penalties  for 
each  offense,  together  with  the  costs  of  taking  up  and  impound- 
ing, and  all  expense  of  sustenance  for  such  animal  when  im- 
pounded, as  hereinafter  provided,  viz : For  each  animal  of  the 
species  of  cattle,  horse,  mule,  or  ass,  the  sum  of  two  dollars ; for 


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each  swine,  sheep  or  goat,  the  sum  of  fifty  cents ; for  suckling 
pig,  the  sum  of  ten  cents. 

Section  3.  The  City  Council  shall  provide  a suitable 
pound  or  pounds,  which  shall  be  under  the  care  and  control  of 
the  pound  keeper  of  said  city.  The  mayor,  may,  by  and  with 
the  consent  of  the  City  Council,  appoint  a suitable  person 
pound  keeper,  who  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his 
office,  execute  a bond,  with  security  to  he  approved  by  the  City 
Council,  in  the  penal  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  conditioned 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office  and  for 
the  payment  of  all  moneys  received  by  him  according  to  law  and 
the  ordinances  of  said  city.  Or,  the  City  Council,  in  the  ab- 
sence of  any  appointment  of  a pound  keeper  by  the  mayor  as 
aforesaid,  may,  by  resolution,  direct  that  the  city  marshal  or 
any  police  officer  shall  act  as  pound  keeper,  in  which  case,  he 
shall  be  the  pound  keeper  of  said  city,  and  shall  have  all  the 
powers  and  emoluments,  and  shall  perform  all  the  duties  belong- 
ing to  said  office,  as  herein  provided. 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  pound  keeper  to  take 
up  and  impound  all  animals  found  running  at  large  in  violation 
of  the  ordinances  of  said  city,  and  also  to  receive  and  impound 
any  such  animals  when  lawfully  taken  up  by  any  other  person. 
During  the  stay  of  any  animal  in  the  pound,  he  shall  feed  and 
water  the  same. 

Section  5.  Every  police  officer  of  said  city  shall  forthwith 
take  up  and  impound  any  animal  known  by  him,  or  creditably 


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reported  to  him,  to  be  unlawfully  at  large  within  the  city,  and 
to  cause  suit  to  be  instituted  against  the  owner  or  possessor 
of  such  animal  for  violation  of  this  ordinance  in  so  permitting 
such  animal  to  be  at  large.  Any  officer  neglecting  or  refusing 
so  to'  do,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Section  6.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  any  citizen  of  the  said 
city  to  take  up  any  animal  unlawfully  at  large  and  either  drive 
the  same  to  the  pound  or  confine  the  animal  in  some  safe  and 
convenient  place,  and  immediately  notify  the  pound  keeper,  or 
some  police  officer  of  the  city,  and  the  officer  so  notified  shall 
forthwith  take  charge  of  such  animal  and  impound  the  same. 

Section  7.  At  any  time  before  the  sale  of  any  animal  im- 
pounded, the  owner  or  person  entitled  to  the  possession  thereof, 
may  redeem  the  same  by  paying  to  the  pound  keeper  the  sums 
following.  In  all  cases  where  no  judicial  proceeding  has  been 
commenced,  as  herein  provided,  the  fees  for  taking  up  and  im- 
pounding, and  the  cost  for  feeding  and  sustenance  up  to  date  of 
redemption  shall  be  the  date  of  redemption  money  in  any  case 
where  judicial  proceeding  has  been  commenced,  but  no  judgment 
rendered,  then  the  redemption  money  shall  be  the  said  fee  for 
taking  up  and  impounding,  costs  of  sustenance  and  feed,  and 
the  costs  accrued  in  such  judicial  proceeding;  where  such  judi- 
cial proceeding  has  been  commenced  and  judgment  rendered, 
then  such  judgment,  the  costs  of  such  proceeding,  together  with 


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subsequently  accrued  costs,  and  charges  for  sustenance,  shall  be 
the  redemption  money  paid. 

Section  8.  When  any  impounded  animal  is  not  redeemed 
within  twenty-four  hours  after  the  same  is  impounded,  the 
pound  keeper  shall  forthwith  make  complaint  before  the  police 
magistrate  or  some  justice  of  the  peace  against  the  owner  or 
possessor  of  such  animal,  if  known,  and  thereupon  a summons 
shall  be  issued,  as  in  other  cases,  for  the  violation  of  the  ordi- 
nances of  said  city,  and  upon  the  return  of  such  summons,  or 
the  defendant  having  appeared,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
magistrate  to  inquire  whether  the  defendant  has  been  guilty  of 
permitting  such  animal  to  be  at  large,  contrary  to  the  provisions 
of  this  chapter,  and  if  the  defendant  be  found  guilty,  judgment 
shall  be  rendered  against  him  for  the  penalty,  impounding  fee 
and  costs  of  sustenance  herein  prescribed  and  the  costs  of  suit, 
and  an  order  shall  be  entered  that  the  animal  shall  be  sold  to 
satisfy  said  judgment,  in  case  the  same  shall  not  be  paid  forth- 
with. Such  order  shall  describe  the  animal,  and  state  the  time 
and  place  of  impounding  the  same. 

Section  9.  When  the  owner  of  any  animal  impounded  is 
unknown,  the  pound  keeper  shall  make  complaint  as  provided 
in  the  last  section,  against  the  unknown  owner  of  such  animal, 
describing  the  same,  and  thereupon  the  magistrate,  before  whom 
such  complaint  shall  be  made,  shall  docket  the  case  in  the  name 
of  the  city  versus  the  unknown  owner  of  such  animal,  describing 


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it  with  reasonable  certainty,  and  shall  issue  a notice  in  sub- 
stance as  follows : 

POUND  NOTICE 

Whereas,  Complaint  has  this  day  been  made  before  me,  that 
the  unknown  owner  of  the  following  described  animal,  to- wit : 

(here  described  animal  particularly),  impounded  at , 

on  the  day  of A.  D., -,  has  permitted  the  same 

t@  run  at  large  contrary  to  the  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Paris. 

Now,  therefore,  notice  is  given  to  the  owner  of  such  animal 

and  all  persons  interested  in  the  same,  that  a trial 

will  be  had  upon  the  said  complaint  at  my  office,  in  the  city  of 

Paris,  on  the day  of A.  D., , at  the  hour  of — M., 

when  and  where  the  owner  or  other  persons  interested  may  ap- 
pear and  defend,  if  he  sees  fit  so  to  do. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal  this day  of A.  D., . 

(L.  S.)  P.  M.  (or  J,  P.) 

The  day  named  in  said  notice  for  trial  shall  not  be  less  than 
five  days,  nor  more  than  ten  days  from  the  time  of  issuing  the 
same ; and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  pound  keeper,  city  marshal 
or  any  policeman,  forthwith  to  post  three  copies  of  said  notice 
in  three  public  places  in  the  city.  The  officer  posting  said  no- 
tices shall  return  a copy  thereof  to  the  office  of  the  magis- 
trate issuing  the  same,  with  his  return,  showing  the  time  and 
places  of  such  posting,  indorsed  thereon. 

Section-  10.  When  the  notice  has  been  given  as  required  by 
the  last  section,  then  upon  the  day  and  hour  named  in  such 


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notice,  if  the  said  animal  has  not  been  redeemed,  the  justice  or 
magistrate  issuing  such  notice  shall  proceed  to  hear  the  case  as 
in  case  of  personal  service  of  summons,  and  if  he  finds  that 
such  animal  has  been  lawfully  and  justly  impounded,  he  shall 
render  judgment  accordingly,  and  shall  also  render  judgment 
for  the  amount  of  fees,  costs,  expenses  and  charges  incurred  in 
the  taking  up,  impounding,  feeding  and  sustenance  of  such  ani- 
mal, including  the  costs  of  said  suit,  and  he  shall  enter  upon 
his  docket  an  order  for  the  sale  of  such  animal  to  satisfy  said 
judgment. 

Section  11.  If  the  name  of  the  owner  or  possessor  (or  his 
agent)  of  any  impounded  animal  is  known,  but  he  resides  (or 
has  gone)  out  of  the  city,  so  that  summons  cannot  he  served  up- 
on him  as  provided  by  Section  8 hereof,  then  like  proceedings 
shall  be  had  and  like  judgment  rendered  as  in  the  case  of  un- 
known owners,  as  provided  in  Sections  9 and  10  hereof,  except 
that  the  notices  provided  for  in  Section  9 shall  be  addressed  to 
such  owner  or  possessor  by  name,  and  an  additional  copy  of  said 
notice  shall  be  issued  and  sent  by  mail,  addressed  to  such  own- 
er or  possessor,  at  his  postoffice  address.  If  his  postoffice  ad- 
dress is  not  known  and,  upon  diligent  inquiry,  cannot  be  ascer- 
tained, then  such  fact  shall  appear  in  the  return  of  the  officer 
executing  said  notices,  upon  the  copy  of  said  notice  by  him  fil- 
ed in  the  office  of  the  magistrate. 

Section  12.  Upon  the  rendition  of  any  judgment  as  pre- 
scribed in  Sections  8,  10,  11  of  this  ordinance,  the  magistrate 


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rendering  the  same,  shall  issue  to  the  pound  keeper  an  order  of 
sale,  which  shall  he  substantially  in  the  following  form : 

The  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  to , Pound  Keeper : 

We  command  you,  that  of  the  following  described  goods  and 
chattels,  to-wit:  (Here  describe  animal),  the  property  of  (here 
insert  the  name  of  the  owner  if  known,  if  not,  then  say : “some 

person  unknown’’).  You  make  the  sum  of dollars  and 

cents  debt,  and dollars  and cents  costs,  which 

the  city  of  Paris  lately  recovered  before  me,  against  the  said 

and  hereof  make  due  return  in  what  manner  you 

execute  the  same. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  this day  of A.  D., 

(L.  S.)  P.  M.  (or  J.  P.) 

Which  order  shall  be  returned  by  such  pound  keeper,  within 
thirty  days  from  its  date,  to  the  officer  issuing  the  same,  with 
his  return  indorsed  thereon,  showing  when  and  how  the  same 
was  executed. 

Section  13.  Upon  the  receipt  of  such  order,  the  pound 
keeper  shall  immediately  post  three  notices  in  three  several 
public  places  in  said  city,  which  notices  may  be  in  substance 
as  follows: 

POUND  NOTICE 

Taken  up  and  impounded  in  the  city  pound  of  the  city  of 
Paris,  at  (here  state  place  of  pound)  the  following  described 
animal:  which  unless  redeemed,  will  be  sold  at 


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public  auction  for  cash,  to  the  highest  bidder,  at , 

at at  the  hour  of o’clock  — M.,  on  the day  of 

A.  D, . 

, Pound  Keeper. 

The  day  of  sale  mentioned  in  said  notices  shall  not  be  less 
than  three,  nor  more  than  five  days  after  posting  the  same,  ex- 
cluding Sundays,  holidays  and  election  days ; and  if  the  said 
animal  is  not  redeemed,  the  pound  keeper  shall  sell  the  same 
in  accordance  with  said  notice. 


Section  14.  The  pound  keeper  shall  keep  a book,  to  be  pro- 
vided by  the  city,  which  shall  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the 
public,  in  which  he  shall  record  a description  of  all  animals  im- 
pounded, with  the  date  of  impounding  each,  the  owner’s  name 
if  known,  the  name  of  person  or  officer  by  whom  the  animal 
was  taken  up ; also  what  disposition  was  made  of  such  animal, 
when  and  by  whom  redeemed,  or,  in  case  of  sale,  the  date  of 
sale,  the  name  of  the  purchaser  and  the  amount  received  there- 
for; and  said  pound  keeper  shall,  within  ten  days  after  each 
and  every  sale  of  animals,  as  herein  provided,  pay  into  the  city 
treasury,  all  moneys  received  by  him  in  excess  of  the  fees,  costs 
and  charges  accruing  to  him,  and  the  costs  accruing  in  the  judi- 
cial proceedings,  which  last  named  costs  he  shall  pay  over  to 
the  magistrate  issuing  the  order  of  sale. 

Section  15.  If  any  surplus  proceeds  of  any  sale  shall  have 
been  paid  into  the  city  treasury,  the  owner  of  the  animal  so  sold 
shall  be  entitled  to  receive  such  surplus,  less  all  costs  and 


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charges  which  may  have  accrued  to  the  officers  of  the  city,  upon 
presenting  to  the  City  Council,  or  the  proper  committee  there- 
of, satisfactory  proof  of  his  ownership,  together  with  a certifi- 
cate of  the  pound  keeper  of  the  amount  of  such  surplus. 

Section  16.  Whoever  shall  break  open,  or  in  any  manner, 
directly  or  indirectly,  aid  or  assist  in,  or  counsel  or  advise  the 
breaking  open  of  any  city  pound,  or  shall  take  or  attempt  to 
take  therefrom,  any  impounded  animal  without  the  pound 
keeper’s  consent,  or  whoever  shall  hinder,  delay  or  obstruct  the 
taking  of  any  animal  found  unlawfully  at  large,  to  the  pound, 
or  shall  attempt  to  prevent  the  impounding  thereof  in  any  man- 
ner, shall,  in  either  case,  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Section  17.  Any  person  who  shall  take  or  drive  any  ani- 
mal from  any  inclosed  lot  or  tract  of  ground,  or  from  any  stable 
or  other  building,  or  from  outside  of  the  city  limits,  to  any 
pound  in  said  city,  or  with  intent,  that  such  animal  may  be  im- 
pounded, shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
twenty  dollars  for  every  animal  so  taken  or  driven  as  afore- 
said. 

Section  18.  The  pound  keeper  shall  at  each  regular  meet- 
ing of  the  City  Council,  make  a full  and  complete  report,  un- 
der oath  of  all  animals  impounded,  the  names,  and  all  the  re- 
ceipts and  expenditures  of  and  for  his  pound,  and  shall  file 
therewith  the  receipt  of  the  treasurer  for  all  money  paid  into 
the  city  treasury. 


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Section  19.  The  major  and  City  Council  at  any  time 
when  they  think  the  interests  of  the  city  may  require  it,  shall 
establish  additional  pounds  and  appoint  additional  pound  keep- 
ers, who,  when  so  appointed,  shall  be  subject  to  all  the  provi- 
sions of  this  chapter. 

Section  20.  When  the  city  marshal  or  any  policeman  of 
the  city  is,  by  order  of  the  City  Council,  directed  to  act  as 
pound  keeper,  then  the  fees  and  charges  allowed  the  pound 
keeper,  under  and  by  this  ordinance  shall  be  considered  as  com- 
pensation as  pound  keeper,  and  shall  be  allowed  in  addition  to 
the  regular  salaries  allowed  him  as  city  marshal  or  policeman, 
respectively. 

Section  21.  There  shall  be  allowed  the  pound  keeper  of 
said  city  the  following  fees  for  services  under  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance: 

For  taking  up  animals  and  putting  them  in  pound  as  follows: 
For  each  hog  (except  suckling  pigs),  twenty-five  cents ; for  each 
suckling  pig,  goat  or  sheep,  ten  cents ; and  for  all  other  animals 
taken  up,  fifty  cents  each. 

For  providing  feed  and  sustenance  for  impounded  animals, 
the  following  fees  shall  be  allowed  for  each  day,  or  part  of  a day 
for  each  hog  (except  suckling  pigs),  sheep  or  goat,  twenty-five 
cents,  for  each  suckling  pig  ten  cents ; for  all  other  animals,  one 
dollar  each. 

There  shall  also  be  allowed  and  charged  as  an  impounding 
fee,  for  receiving  and  taking  animals  into  pound,  the  following 


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fees : For  each  hog  (except  suckling  pigs)  sheep  or  goat  twenty- 
five  cents;  for  each  suckling  pig  ten  cents;  for  all  other  ani- 
mals, one  dollar  each. 

For  posting  advertisements,  under  this  ordinance,  to  owners 
of  animals,  the  following  fees  shall  he  allowed:  For  each  hog 
or  goat  ten  cents,  for  all  other  animals,  twenty-five  cents. 

For  selling  an  impounded  animal,  under  any  order  of  sale 
issued  by  a court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  the  following  fees 
shall  be  allowed:  For  selling  hogs  (suckling  pigs  excepted) 
sheep  or  goats,  twenty-five  cents  each ; for  each  suckling  pig,  ten 
cents ; for  all  other  animals,  one  dollar  each. 

Police  magistrate  or  justices  of  the  peace  shall  he  allowed  in 
all  cases  under  this  ordinance,  the  same  fees  for  docketing  suits 
and  issuing  process  of  all  kinds,  and  for  other  services  as  are 
now  provided  by  statute  in  civil  cases,  to  be  taxed  and  collected 
as  is  now  provided  by  ordinance  and  statute. 

Section  22.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  drive 
any  mules  or  horses  through  the  streets  and  alleys  of  said  city 
unless  they  are  securely  haltered  and  controlled  and  led  by  some 
person  having  charge  thereof;  or  to  drive  any  cattle,  hogs  or 
sheep  on  any  of  the  streets  or  alleys  of  said  city  unless  there  be 
three  or  more  attendants.  Any  person  violating  this  section 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty 
dollars  for  each  offense. 

Section  23.  Whoever  shall,  in  any  manner,  or  by  any 
means  be  guilty  of  cruelty  to  any  dumb  animal  or  shall  be  guil- 


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ty  of  turning  out  and  abandoning  any  old,  decrepid  Or  worthless 
animal  upon  the  public  streets  or  commons,  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

ANIMALS— OVERRIDING— DRIVING 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  over  riding  or  driving  of  animals 
(Paased  September  20,  1904.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Whoever  shall  over-ride  or  over-drive,  or  whoever  shall 
drive  at  an  undue  rate  of  speed,  the  weight  of  a load  which 
such  animal  is  required  to  hall  or  carry  being  duly  considered, 
any  horse,  mule  or  pony,  or  other  animal,  used  for  riding,  haul- 
ing, or  driving,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and 
fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dol- 
alrs,  and  whoever  shall  be  found  guilty  of  such  offense  a second 
time  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars. 

ANIMALS— HAULING— DEAD— ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  the  hauling  of  dead  animals  in  the  city 

of  Paris. 

(Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Pans , That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to 
bring  into  the  city  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris,  in  any  wagon 
or  any  other  vehicle,  or  to  haul,  or  transport  any  dead  animal, 
or  animals  over  or  through  any  street,  or  alley,  within  the  city 
of  Paris,  only  in  a wagon  or  vehicle  provided  with  a cover  that 


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will  entirely  obstruct  the  view  of  the  dead  animal  or  animals  in 
said  wagon  or  vehicle  from  the  public  while  the  same  is  being 
moved  through  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris. 

Section  2.  That  when  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  are 
the  owners,  or  have  control,  or  are  in  possession  of  any  animal 
or  animals  that  die  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of 
Paris,  said  animal  or  animals  shall  be  moved  out  of  the  city  lim- 
its by  such  owner,  or  person  in  control  or  possession,  within 
twenty-four  hours,  and  then  only  in  a wagon  or  vehicle  provided 
with  a cover  that  will  entirely  obstruct  the  view  of  the  dead  ani- 
mal or  animals  in  said  wagon  or  vehicle  from  the  public  while 
the  same  is  being  moved  through  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city. 

Section  3.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  leave  any  dead  animal  or  animals  in  any  wagon  or  other 
vehicle  on  any  street,  alley  or  other  public  place  within  the  city 
limits  while  so  moving  the  same  for  any  time  not  to  exceed  thir- 
ty minutes. 

Section  4.  That  no  person  or  persons  shall  be  permitted  to 
bury  any  dead  animal  or  animals  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
the  city  of  Paris. 

Section;  5;  That  any  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation 
violating  either  Section  1,  2,  3,  or  4 of  this  ordinance  shall  be 
fined  for  each,  offense  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars  and  each  violation  shall  constitute  a 
separate  offense. 


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Section  6.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  con- 
flict with  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

ANIMALS  LEFT  UNFASTENED 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  leaving  of  animals  hitched  to 
vehicle  or  conveyance  unfastened. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Whoever  shall  leave  any  horse,  mule  or  other  animal 
attached  to  any  vehicle  or  conveyance,  in  any  uninclosed  pleace 
without  being  securely  fastened  or  guarded,  so  as  to  prevent  its 
running  away,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  three  dollars,  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

ANIMALS,  INDECENT  EXHIBITION,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  indecent  exhibition  of  male  animals. 
(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  indecently  exhibit  any  stud  horse,  bull, 
jack,  or  other  animal  in  any  public  place,  or  shall  let  any  such 
animal,  except  in  some  enclosed  place  out  of  public  view,  shall 
be  subject  to  a penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars,  and  not  ex- 
ceeding one  hundred  dollars. 

ARREST  AT  NIGHT 

AN  ORDINANCE  providing  procedure  of  officer  on  making  arrest  at 

night  time. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  any  person  or  persons  arrested  in  the  night  time, 
or  at  any  other  time  when  the  police  magistrate  shall  not  be  pres- 


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•ent,  shall  be  taken  to  the  police  headquarters,  and  a record  made 
of  the  arrest,  and  the  person  or  persons  shall  be  confined  in  the 
•city  calaboose  until  the  next  morning,  or  until  a trial  can  he 
had ; or  if  arrested  on  Saturday  night,  or  on  Sunday,  then  he  or 
they  shall  be  confined  as  aforesaid,  until  Monday  morning,  when 
the  person  or  persons  shall  be  taken  before  the  police  magistrate 
and  a trial  had,  or  the  case  continued  as  provided  by  law. 

ASSEMBLE— UNLAWFUL 

.AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  unlawful  assembling  iof  persons. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
y of  Paris,  Any  two  or  more  persons  who  shall  assemble  for  the 
purpose  of  disturbing  the  peace,  or  of  committing  any  unlawful 
act,  and  who  shall  not  disperse  when  commanded  or  requested 
by  any  peace  officer,  shall,  each  and  severally,  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  and  not  exceeding  one  hun- 
dred dollars. 

ASSEMBLAGE — PERMITTING — UNLAWFUL 

AN  ORDINANCE  punishing  persons'  for  permitting  unlawful  as- 
semblage. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
-of  Paris , Whoever  shall  knowingly  suffer  or  permit  any  as- 
semblage for  the  purpose  of  disturbing  the  peace,  or  of  com- 
mitting any  unlawful  act,  or  shall  permit  any  breach  of  the 
■peace,  or  any  riotous,  tumultuous,  offensive  or  disorderly  con- 


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duct,  or  any  loud  or  unusual  noise  or  disturbance  or  obscene,  of- 
fensive, profane  or  unseemly  language,  to  the  annoyance,  dis- 
turbance or  vexation  of  others,  in  or  upon  any  premises  owned 
or  occupied  by  him,  under  his  control,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars,  and  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars. 

ASSAULTS— LIGHTING— AFFRAYS 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  assaults,  fighting  and  affrays. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  assault,  strike  or  fight  another,  or  at- 
tempt or  offer  to  do  so,  or  shall  threaten  or  traduce  another,  or 
shall  challenge  another  to  fight,  or  shall  agree  to  fight  another, 
or  shall  by  agreement  actually  fight  another,  or  shall  be  guilty 
of  an  affray,  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

ASSISTING  OR  AS  ACCESSORY 

AN  ORDINANCE  making  it  an  offense  to  aid,  abet,  assist,  advise,  or 
encourage  anyone  to  commit  an  offense. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  aids,  abets,  assists,  advises  or  encourages 
the  commission  of  any  act  prohibited  by  ordinance,  or  by  any 
indirect  means  procures  any  such  offense  to  be  committed,  or 
whoever  commits  an  offense  through  the  intervention  of  an 
agent,  servant,  employe  or  person  under  his  control,  shall  bo 
deemed  guilty  to  the  same  extent,  and  may  be  proceeded 


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against  in  the  same  manner  as  though  said  offense  had  been 
committed  by  him  directly  and  with  his  own  hand.  And  any 
such  agent,  servant,  or  other  person,  doing  any  prohibited  act 
for  and  on  behalf  of  another  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  such  an 
act  equally  with  his  employer  or  principal,  and  be  subject  to 
the  same  penalty,  except  in  such  cases  where  a different  or  oth- 
er penalty  is  provided  by  ordinance  for  such  agent  or  employe. 

ATTEMPT  TO  COMMIT  OFFENSE 

AN  ORDINANCE  providing  a penalty  for  anyone  to  attempt  to  com- 
mit an  offense 
(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Whoever  attempts  to  commit  any  offense  prohibited 
by  ordinance  and  does  an  act  toward  it  but  fails,  or  is  intercept- 
ed or  prevented  in  its  execution,  where  no  express  provision  is 
made  by  ordinance  for  the  punishment  of  such  attempt,  shall, 
on  conviction  of  such  attempt,  he  subject  to  the  same  penalty  as 
by  ordinance  prescribed  for  the  actual  commission  of  the  of- 
fense. 


AUTOMOBILES 

AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  the  speed  of  automobiles. 

(Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  That  any  person  or  persons  who  may  hereafter  drive, 
run,  conduct  or  propel  any  automobile  or  any  other  conveyance 
of  a similar  type  or  kind  for  the  purpose  of  transporting  or  con- 


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veying  passengers  or  freight  or  for  any  other  purpose,  whether 
said  automobile,  or  conveyance,  or  other  vehicle,  is  propelled  by 
steam,  gasoline,  electricity  or  other  mechanical  power,  upon  any 
streets  or  alleys  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris, 
shall  comply  with  Section  2 of  this  ordinance. 

Section  2.  Whenever  it  shall  appear  that  any  horse  driven 
or  ridden  by  any  person  upon  any  of  said  streets,  roads,  or  high- 
ways, is  about  to  become  frightened  by  the  approach  of  such 
automobile  or  vehicle,  it  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  person  driving 
or  conducting  such  automobile  or  vehicle,  to  cause  the  same  to 
come  to  a full  stop  until  such  horse  or  horses  have  passed. 

Section  3.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  the  foregoing  Sections  1 and  2,  shall,  upon  conviction, 
be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars  ($50.00). 

Section  4.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  con- 
flict with  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

AUTOMOBILES 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  jumping  on  or  off  automobiles. 

(Passed  June  5,  1911.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  get  on  or 
off  of,  or  attempt  to  get  on  or  jump  off  of,  any  automobile  or 
other  vehicle  while  the  same  is  standing  still  or  in  motion,  with- 
in the  corporate  limits  of  said  city,  except  such  person  is  either 
the  owner  or  regular  passenger  or  an  employe  on  such  automobile 


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or  other  vehicle.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
section,  shall  on  conviction  thereof  he  subject  to  a penalty  of 
not  less  than  three  nor  more  than  five  dollars  and  pay  cost  of 
prosecution. 


AWNINGS,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  relating  to  awnings,  their  height  and  what  shall 
be  declared  a nuisance. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
to  erect,  place  or  maintain,  any  awning  over,  on  or  across  any 
sidewalk,  of  any  of  the  streets  in  said  city,  unless  said  awning 
and  every  part  thereof  shall  be  at  least  seven  feet  above  said 
sidewalk.  Any  person  violating  this  section  shall,  be  subject  to 
a penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not  exceeding  fifty 
dollars. 

Section  2.  Every  awning  erected  or  maintained  in  viola- 
tion of  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  section,  is  hereby  de- 
clared a nuisance,  and  the  owner  thereof,  failing  to  remove  the 
same  within  ten  days  after  being  notified  so  to  do  by  the  city 
marshal,  shall  be  fined  for  each  day  he  suffers  the  same  to  re- 
main, the  sum  of  one  dollar. 

Section  3.  That  hereafter  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  or  persons  to  erect  or  cause  the  same  to  be  done,  any 
frame  or  wooden  structure  or  awning,  over,  on  or  across  any  of 
the  sidewalks  of  the  city.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  pro- 


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visions  of  this  section,  shall  be  subject  to  a penalty  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  and  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars. 

Section  4.  No  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  of  any  des- 
cription shall  be  placed  on  any  sidewalk  within  the  said  city, 
which  shall  extend  more  than  thirty  inches  from  the  building 
in  front  of  which  they  may  be  placed ; nor  shall  any  such  goods, 
wares,  or  merchandise  be  suspended  above,  across  or  over  any 
sidewalk  in  said  city,  which  shall  extend  more  than  thirty 
inches  from  the  building,  unless  the  lower  edge  of  such  goods, 
wares,  or  merchandise  he  at  least  seven  feet  in  height  from  the 
sidewalk,  and  any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provi- 
sions of  this  section,  shall,  on,  conviction  thereof,  forfeit  and 
pay  any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  and  the  costs. 

Section  5.  Whenever  any  wooden  awning  shall  become  un- 
safe or  insecure,  in  such  a way  as  to  endanger  the  life  or  person 
of  passers  thereunder,  or  obstruct  the  free  passage  of  people,  the 
same  shall  be  removed  within  five  days  after  notice  to  the  own- 
er or  occupant  of  the  building  of  its  condition.  A failure  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  subject  the  of- 
fender to  a fine  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars;  and  in  case  of  the  conviction  of  any  person  hereunder, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  marshal,  or  any  policeman,  to  at 
once  remove  said  awning  from  the  sidewalk. 


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. AUCTIONS  AND  AUCTIONEERS 

AN  ORDINANCE  in  relation  to  auctions  and  auctioneers.  Who  may- 

sell  at  auctions. 

(Passed  Jan.  1.  1912). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , All  sales  of  goods,  chattels  or  personal  property  at 
public  auction,  except  such  as  are  under  and  by  virtue  of  legal 
process,  within  said  city,  shall  be  made  by  an  auctioneer,  who 
shall  first  have  obtained  a license  under  the  hand  of  the  city  clerk 
and  seal  of  the  city,  and  shall  also  have  paid  therefor  to  the  city 
treasurer  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  per  annum,  and  shall 
have  executed,  a bond  with  two  sureties  to  said  city,  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  City  Council,  in  the  penal  sum  of  one  thousand 
dollars,  conditioned  for  the  due  observance  of  the  ordinances 
and  regulations  of  the  City  Council.  All  license  to  auctioneers, 
shall  be  made  to  expire  the  last  day  of  April  next  after  the  date 
thereof,  and  shall  be  subject  to  revocation  by  the  mayor  when- 
ever it  shall  appear  to  his  satisfaction  that  the  party  so  licensed 
shall  have  violated  any  provisions  of  any  ordinances  in  the  city 
relating  to  auctions  or  auction  sales,  or  any  condition  of  the 
bond  aforesaid. 

Section  2.  Ever  person  who  may  wish  to  obtain  a license 
as  above  mentioned,  shall  apply  in  writing  for  the  same  to  the 
city  clerk,  setting  forth  therein  his  proposed  place  of  business 
and  the  names  of  his  sureties  and  in  no  case  shall  such  license 
be  transferable  or  the  place  of  business  changed  without  the 
consent  in  writing  of  the  mayor. 


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Section  3.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  sell  or  attempt 
to  sell  at  any  public  auction  in  said  city,  any  goods,  chattels  or 
personal  property  whatever,  except  under  and  by  virtue  of  legal 
process,  without  first  having  obtained  a license  therefor,  as 
above  required,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  each  offense  the  sum 
of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dol- 
lars, and  costs  of  prosecution. 

Section  4.  It  shall  he  the  duty  of  every  auctioneer  who 
shall  offer  for  sale  any  watch,  plate  or  jewelry  of  any  kind  or 
other  article  of  value,  to  announce  to  the  persons  present  in  a 
loud  voice  whether  the  same  be  gold,  gold  plate,  silver,  silver 
plate  or  base  metal  or  what  it  is  and  what  it  is  composed  of  he 
fore  proceeding  to  sell  the  same.  Every  auctioneer  who  shall  of- 
fer for  sale  any  watch,  plate  or  other  jewelry  or  other  article  of 
any  kind  or  description  without  first  making  such  announce- 
ment as  to  the  kind  and  quality  thereof,  shall,  on  conviction 
thereof,  pay  a fine  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than 
two  hundred  dollars. 

Section  5.  The  purchaser  at  an  auction  sale  of  any  watch, 
plate,  jewelry  or  other  article  of  value  shall  have  the  right  to  re~ 
turn  it  to  the  auctioneer  at  any  time  within  three  days  from  the 
day  of  the  sale,  if  the  watch,  plate,  jewelry,  or  other  article  be 
not  of  the  quality  represented  to  him,  and  the  auctioneer  shall 
return  to  the  purchaser  the  price  of  the  article.  Should  he  re- 
fuse to  do  so,  he  shall  forfeit  his  license  and  be  liable  to  a fine 
of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  doE 


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lars,  and  it  is  hereby  provided  that  if  it  shall  he  made  to  appear 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  mayor  that  the  place  of  sale  or  the 
place  of  business  of  any  such  auctioneer,  shall  have  been  closed 
at  any  time  during  said  three  days  for  the  purpose  of  avoiding 
an  offer  to  return  any  such  article  so  sold,  the  mayor  shall  re- 
voke the  license  of  such  auctioneer. 

Section  6.  Any  auctioneer  who  shall  exhibit  and  offer  for 
sale  at  auction  any  article  and  induce  its  purchase  by  any  bid- 
der, and  who  shall  afterwards  substitute  any  article  in  lieu  of 
that  offered  to  and  purchased  by  the  bidder,  shall  forfeit  his 
license  and  be  liable  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Section  7.  Any  auctioneer,  or  person  being:  present  when 
any  watch,  plate  jewelry  or  other  article  is  offered  for  sale,  who 
shall  knowingly,  with  intent  to  induce  any  person  or  persons  to 
purchase  the  same  or  any  part  thereof,  make  any  false  repre- 
sentation or  statement  as  to  the  owner  of  or  the  character  or 
quality  of  the  article  or  articles  so  offered  for  sale,  or  as  to  the 
poverty  or  circumstances  of  the  owner  or  pretended  owner  of 
such  article  or  articles,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  subject  to 
a fine  of  not  less  than  three  dollars,  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars,  and  if  such  false  representation  is  made  by  such  auc- 
tioneer or  by  any  other  person  with  such  auctioneer’s  knowl- 
edge and  consent  or  connivance,  the  license  of  such  auctioneer 
shall  be  forfeited. 

Section  8.  Every  auctioneer  at  the  time  of  receiving  his 


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license  shall  file  with  the  city  clerk  a writing  signed  by  him,  de- 
signating under  oath  who  the  property  belongs  to  and  at  what 
place  he  intends  to  sell  the  same,  and  if  any  auctioneer  shall 
permit  any  other  person  to  sell  any  article  at  auction  at  the 
place  designated  in  such  license,  he  shall  forfeit  his  license  and 
on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  three  dollars 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Section  9.  That  each  auctioneer,  as  aforesaid,  who  may 
sell  any  watch,  plate  jewelry  or  other  articles,  shall  keep  a 
book  in  which  his,  her  or  their  place  of  residence  is,  a descrip- 
tion of  the  goods  sold,  and  the  same  shall  be  open  to  the  public 
inspection  of  the  mayor  or  any  other  officer  of  said  city,  and 
on  the  refusal  of  the  said  auctioneer  to  keep  such  book  as  afore- 
said, shall  be  liable  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Section  10.  Any  auctioneer  or  other  person  who  shall  sell 
or  attempt  to  sell  or  cry  for  sale  at  public  auction  in  any  of  the 
streets,  alleys,  or  commons  in  the  city  of  Paris,  any  horses, 
mules,  or  cattle  or  any  wagon,  carriage  or  other  vehicle  drawn 
by  any  or  either  of  the  animals  aforesaid,  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a nuisance  or  obstructing  the  streets  of  the  city,  on  conviction 
shall  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  three  dollars,  nor  more 
than  two  hundred  dollars  and  pay  costs  of  prosecution. 

Section  11.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  con- 
flict with  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 


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BAIL 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  grant  permission  when  arrested  to  give  bail. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Any  person  who  may  be  arrested  by,  or  in  the  custody 
of  any  officer,  for  the  violation  of  any  ordinance  of  this  city  may 
release  himself  from  custody  or  imprisonment  by  entering  into 
bail  or  recognizance  before  such  officer  or  before  the  police 
magistrate,  in  such  amount  or  with  such  surety  or  sureties  as  may 
be  required  of  him,  and  conditioned  that  be  will  appear  before 
the  police  magistrate  or  court  therein  named,  at  the  time  named 
and  remain  and  answer  the  offense  with  which  he  stands 
charged  and  await  his  trial  thereon,  and  not  depart  the  court 
without  leave.  The  amount  of  the  penalty  of  the  bond  or  recog- 
nizance shall  be  proportioned  to  the  offense  charged,  and  such 
bond  or  recognizance  shall  be  filed  with  the  magistrate  or  court 
named  therein  by  the  officer  taking  the  same,  and  if  the  offend- 
er shall  fail  to  appear,  or  shall  otherwise  fail  to  comply  with 
the  conditions  thereof,  the  same  shall  be  adjudged  forfeited, 
and  suit  shall  forthwith  be  brought  thereon  against  the  offend- 
er and  his  surety  or  sureties  for  the  full  amount  of  the  penalty 
thereof. 

BALL  PLAYING  UPON  STREETS,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  ball  playing  upon  streets,  alleys,  etc. 

(Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  play  at  ball,  cricket  or  other  games 


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wherein  a ball  is  used,  upon  any  street  alley  or  upon  any  pub- 
lic ground  or  place,  or  upon  any  private  premises  without  the 
consent  of  the  owner  or  occupant  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any 
sum  not  exceeding  five  dollars. 

BARBED  WIRE  FENCE 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  erection  of  a barbed  wire  fence. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  shall  hereafter  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  erect,  keep,  maintain,  or  string  barbed  wire  on  any  fence, 
posts  or  partition  on  the  line  between  any  lot  and  any  street  or 
alley  of  said  city. 

Section  2.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions 
of  the  preceding  section,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than 
ten  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

BICYCLES 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  riding  of  bicycles  on  sidewalks 
around  the  public  square. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  ride  any 
bicycle  on  the  sidewalks  around  the  public  square  in  the  city  of 
Paris.  Any  person  violating  this  ordinance,  shall,  for  each  of- 
fense, be  fined  not  less  than  one,  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dol- 
lars. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  the  riding  of  bicycles  on  sidewalks. 

(Passed  August  6,  >1901.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  ride  any 
bicycle,  tricycle,  or  velocipede,  on  any  sidewalk  within  the  cor- 
porate limits  of  the  city  of  Paris  during  the  months  of  May, 
June,  July,  August,  September,  and  October;  and  at  no  time 
shall  it  be  lawful  to  ride  on  any  of  the  sidewalks  of  the  city  of 
Paris,  at  a greater  speed  than  five  miles  an  hour. 

Section  2.  Any  person  violating  Section  1 of  this  ordi- 
nance shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not  less  than  two 
dollars  ($2)  and  not  more  than  ten  dollars  ($10)  and  shall  pay 
the  cost  of  prosecution. 

BILLS— POSTING,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  posting  of  bills  without  consent  of 

the  owner. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall,  without  the  consent  of  the  owner  or 
occupant  of  the  premises,  post  or  place  any  hand  bill,  show  bill, 
placard  or  notice,  or  paint  any  sign  or  advertisement  upon  any 
fence,  tree,  wall,  barn,  out-house,  telephone,  telegraph,  electric 
light  pole,  or  building  of  any  kind,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
three  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 


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BILLIARD  ROOMS 

AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  the  licensing  and  keeping  of  billiard 

rooms. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  keep  any  ball 
or  ten  pin  alley,  billiards,  bagatelle,  pigeon-hole  table,  or  any 
similar  table  or  device,  whereupon,  for  hire  or  gain  to  the  own- 
er or  keeper,  persons  are  allowed  to  play,  within  the  city  of  Par- 
is, unless  such  owner  or  keeper  shall  first  obtain  license  to  keep 
and  use  such  alley  or  table. 

Section  2.  The  City  Council  may,  at  their  discretion  grant 
license  to  discrete  persons  of  good  moral  character,  upon  the 
terms  herein  set  forth,  to  keep  ball  and  pin  alleys,  and  as  many 
billiard  bagatelle,  pigeon  hole,  and  other  similar  tables  and  de- 
vices, as  the  public  good  may  require,  upon  the  terms  and  sub- 
ject to  the  conditions  and  restrictions  hereinafter,  in  this  or  di- 
nonce specified  and  set  forth. 

Section  3.  All  applications  for  license  under  the  provi- 
sions of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  in  writing  and  presented  to  the 
City  Council  at  a regular  meeting  thereof,  and  shall  state  the 
name  or  names  of  the  person  or  firm  applying  for  license,  and 
must  also  state  the  ward,  street  and  house  or  room,  in  which  it 
is  proposed  to  carry  on  the  business  for  which  the  license  is  de- 
sired. Such  written  application  must  also  state,  specifically, 
whether  it  is  intended  to  keep  a ball  or  ten  pin  alley,  or  a bil- 
liard room. 


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Section  4.  If  a majority  of  the  City  Council  shall  he  satis- 
fied that  the  applicant  is  a fit  and  proper  person  to  have  such 
license  as  is  prayed  for,  the  Council  may  grant  the  prayer  of  the 
applicant,  and  order  the  clerk  to  issue  a license,  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  such  license  shall  au- 
thorize the  person  or  firm,  to  whom  issued,  to  keep  a ball  or  ten- 
pin alley,  or  a billiard  room,  as  the  case  may  he,  for  the  term  of 
three  months  from  and  after  a date  mentioned,  and  shall  not  be 
transferable,  directly  or  indirectly,  unless  by  the  express  consent 
of  the  City  Council. 

Section  5.  License  to  keep  hall  or  ten-pin  alley,  or  billiard 
room,  shall  include  the  right  to  use  the  same,  and  all  the  usual 
implements  and  furniture  of  such  alley  or  room,  and  the  right 
to  keep  a billiard  room  shall  include  the  right  to  keep  and  use 
any  number  of  billiard  tables,  bagatelle,  pigeon-hole,  and  other 
similar  tables  and  devices,  as  the  person  obtaining  the  license 
may  desire  ; but  before  such  license  shall  be  issued  and  deliver- 
ed to  him,  the  applicant  shall  pay  into  the  city  treasury  the 
sum  of  five  dollars  for  the  first  billiard  table,  if  the  license  is 
to  keep  a billiard  room,  and  the  sum  of  two  dollars  and  fifty 
cents  for  each  additional  billiard  table,  up  to  the  fourth  table, 
and  one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  each  for  every  additional 
billiard  table  after  the  fourth ; and  two  dollars  each  for  all  baga- 
telle, pigeon-hole  or  other  similar  tables,  placed  and  kept  for 
use  in  such  billiard  room.  If  the  application  shall  be  to  keep  a 
ball  or  ten-pin  alley,  the  applicant  shall  pay  to  the  treasurer  the 


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sum  of  five  dollars  for  one  alley  to  be  kept  and  used,  and  two- 
dollars  and  fifty  cents  for  each  additional  alley. 

Section  6.  Upon  payment  of  the  sum  specified  in  the  next 
preceding  section,  the  treasurer  shall  give  his  receipt  therefor, 
specifying  the  number  and  kind  of  tables  that  are  authorized  to 
be  kept  and  used,  or  the  number  of  alleys,  as  the  application 
may  be,  and  upon  the  presentation  of  such  receipt  to  the  clerk, 
he  shall  issue  and  deliver  to  the  applicant  a license  correspond- 
ing thereto,  under  the  corporate  seal  of  the  city. 

Section  7.  Every  bowling  alley,  and  billiard  room,  shall 
be  kept  and  conducted  in  a quiet  and  orderly  manner.  No  in- 
toxicating liquors  shall  be  sold  or  kept  in  such  alley  or  room, 
nor  shall  any  minor  be  allowed  to  play  at  billiards,  pool,  baga- 
telle, pigeon-hole  or  any  other  game,  in  any  bowling  alley  or 
billiard  room,  except  by  the  written  permission  of  his  parent 
or  guardian ; and  any  owner  or  keeper,  or  the  clerk,  servant  or 
agent,  of  such  owner  or  keeper  of  any  bowling  alley  or  billiard 
room,  who  shall  suffer  or  permit  any  intoxicating  liquors  to  be 
sold  in  such  alley  or  room,  or  shall  suffer  or  permit  any  minor 
to  play,  or  be  and  remain  in  or  about  such  alley  or  billiard  room, 
or  who  shall  not  keep  and  conduct  such  alley  or  billiard  room  in 
a quiet,  orderly  manner,  shall  be  liable  to  a fine,  on  conviction, 
not  exceeding  twenty  dollars,  and  his  license  may  be  suspended 
for  a definite  time,  or  revoked  at  the  discretion  of  the  City 
Council. 


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Section  8.  No  billiard  or  other  table  in  this  ordinance 
mentioned,  shall  be  put  up  or  played  upon,  with  or  without 
compensation  to  the  owner  or  keeper  thereof,  at  any  place  of 
public  resort,  or  any  public  day,  unless  the  owner  or  person  in 
charge  thereof,  shall  have  first  procured  a license  therefor  ac- 
cording to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  and  any  person  who 
shall  violate  this  section,  shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  in  any 
sum  not:  less  than  five  dollars  nor  exceeding  twenty  dollars. 

Section  9.  Any  minor  who  shall  refuse  to  leave  any  bil- 
liard room,  or  ball  or  ten-pin  alley  upon  request  of  the  keeper, 
his  servant  or  agent,  shall  be  deemed  a disturber  of  the  peace  and 
may  be  arrested  and  punished  as  such. 

Section  10.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  having  a 
license  to  keep  a billiard  hall  or  ten-pin  alley,  to  keep  the  same 
open  or  allow  any  games  played  therein,  between  the  hours  of 
eleven  o’clock  p.  m.  and  six  o’clock  a.  m.  of  the  following  day 
Whoever  violates  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall,  on  con- 
viction, be  fined  for  each  offense  not  less  than  five  dollars  and 
not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  and  costs  of  prosecution. 

BIRDS— KILLING,  ETC.— PENALTY 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  killing  of  birds,  etc.,  also  injurying  or 
disturbing  fruit  trees. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris.  Any  person  who  shall  willfully  and  wantonly  kill  or 
destroy  any  bird,  wild  or  tame,  except  birds  of  prey,  or  any 


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domestic  fowl,  or  disturb  the  nests  or  eggs  of  any  such  bird  or 
fowl;  or  who  shall  injure  or  disturb  any  fruit  or  fruit  tree,  or 
orn'amental  tree,  shrub,  or  vine,  or  any  useful  or  ornamental 
plant  or  vegetable,  or  any  tree-box,  or  vine  supporter,  within  the 
city  of  Paris,  without  the  consent  of  the  owner  thereof,  shall 
on  conviction,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

BOYS— PROHIBITED  FROM  LOITERING,  ETC., 

ABOUT  CH  URCHES 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  boys  from  loitering  on  streets,  side- 
walks, alleys,  and  other  places. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  shall  be  unlawful  for  boys  to  loiter  or  congregate 
upon  the  streets,  sidewalks,  or  alleys  of  this  city,  in  the  vicinity 
of  any  church,  school,  theatre,  hotel,  railroad  depot,  store,  fac- 
tory or  other  public  place,  to  the  annoyance  or  disturbance  of 
any  person  or  persons.  Any  two  or  more  boys  who  shall  be 
loitering  or  strolling  about  the  streets,  or  alleys,  or  who  shall 
congregate  upon  the  streets,  sidewalks  or  alleys  of  the  city,  in 
the  vicinity  of  any  such  church,  school,  theatre,  hotel,  railroad 
depot,  store,  factory  or  other  public  place,  and  who  shall  refuse 
to  disperse  and  go  to  their  respective  homes  when  requested  to 
do  so  by  any  member  of  the  police  force,  or  by  any  person  an- 
noyed thereby,  shall  upon  conviction,  be  fined  not  less  than  one 
dollar,  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 


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BURGLAR  TOOLS 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  persons  from  having  burglar  tools  in 

their  possession. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris i,  Whoever  shall  have  in  his  possession  any  nippers  of 
the  description  known  as  burglar’s  nippers,  or  any  pick-lock, 
skeleton  key,  key  to  be  used  with  a bit  or  hits,  jimmy  or  other 
burglar’s  tools  or  instrument  of  whatever  kind  or  description, 
unless  it  be  shown  that  such  possession  is  innocent  dr  for  law- 
ful purpose,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars,  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

BUILDING  PERMIT 

AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  the  erection  of  buildings  in  fire  limits. 

(Passed  December  17,  1901.  Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  by 
himself  or  another,  to  erect,  place  or  repair  any  wooden  building 
or  other  building,  on  any  lot,  tract  or  parcel  of  land,  within  the 
fire  limits,  or  within  150  feet  outside  the  exterior  lines  thereof, 
or  move  any  wooden  building  or  other  building  from  any  part 
of  the  city  whether  the  same  is  within  or  without  the  said  fire 
limits,  without  first  making  application  to,  and  obtaining  a 
permit  from  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris,  as  hereinaf- 
ter provided : 


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Section  2.  Application  for  a permit  to  erect,  place,  repair 
or  remove  any  building  within  said  fire  limits,  must  be  in  writ- 
ing,- and  must  set  forth  the  lot,  parcel  or  tract  of  land  on  which 
said  building  is  to  be  erected,  placed  or  repaired,  the  kind  of 
material  to  be  used,  and  if  a new  building,  its  size  and  for  what 
to  be  used,  must  be  signed  by  the  person  or  persons  desiring  to 
erect,  place  or  repair  such  building. 

Section  3.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  this  ordinance 
shall  be  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hun- 
dred dollars. 

Section  4.  Any  and  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  herewith,  are  hereby  repealed. 

BUTCHERS— GROCERS,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  punishing  grocers  and  butchers  in  the  sale  of 
unwholesome  food  in  the  city  of  Paris. 

(Passed  Jan.  1,  1912). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
to  drive  or  bring  or  slaughter,  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of 
Paris,  any  animal  which  is  maimed,  bruised,  afflicted  with 
swellings,  sores  or  diseases  of  any  kind  or  nature. 

Section  2.  It  shall  also  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  bring,  sell  or  expose  for  sale  the  meat  or  flesh  of  any 
such  animal  or  animals  within  the  limits  of  said  city. 

Section  3.  It  shall  also  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or 
persons  to  expose  for  sale,  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris, 


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any  emaciated,  tainted,  putrid,  decayed,  decaying,  unwhole- 
some, or  diseased  meat,  vegetable,  fruit  or  provisions  of  any 
kind. 

Section  4.  On  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  it 
shall  be  unlawful  for  any  dealer  or  his  agent  or  servant  to  trans- 
port any  fish,  beef,  veal,  pork,  mutton  or  meat  of  any  kind 
through  any  street,  alley  or  public  places  within  the  limits  of 
said  city  of  Paris,  without  entirely  covering  the  same  with  some 
material  impervious  to  blood  and  which  shall  altogether  conceal 
it  from  view. 

This  ordinance  shall  be  held  and  constituted  to  include  re- 
tail dealers  in  the  delivery  of  small  quantities  to  their  custom- 
ers and  others,  and  also  wholesale  dealers  and  retail  dealers 
and  others  in  the  transportation  of  slaughtered  animals,  or 
parts  thereof,  from  the  slaughter  houses  to  the  markets  and  oth- 
er places  where  the  same  are  exposed  for  sale. 

Section  5.  It  shall  also  he  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons engaged  in  gathering  hones  and  grease,  from  the  markets 
or  other  places  in  the  said  city  of  Paris,  to  transport  or  carry  the 
same  through  the  streets,  alleys  or  public  places  therein  with- 
out having  a wagon,  cart  or  vehicle  in  which  the  same  is  so  car- 
ried or  held,  tightly  and  securely  covered  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  health  officers  of  the  said  city.  Neither  shall  such  wagon, 
cart  or  vehicle  he  suffered  to  stand  in  or  upon  any  street,  alley 
or  public  place  at  any  time  longer  than  shall  he  sufficient  to 


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transact  such  business,  and  in  any  case  not  to  exceed  fifteen 
minutes. 

Section  6.  Any  person,  persons,  firm,  or  corporation  who 
shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  he  sub- 
ject to  a fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars,  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  dollars  for  each  and  every  violation  thereof. 

Section  7.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  con- 
flict with  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

CITY  COUNCIL 

AN  ORDINANCE  relating  to  the  mode  of  business,  its  meeting  and 
duties  of  Committees  and  prescribing  rules. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899,  Section  24  amended  July  3,  1899,  amended  and 
Passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , The  stated  regular  meetings  of  the  City  Council  shall 
be  held  on  the  first  Monday  in  each  and  every  month,  at  the 
Council  chamber  in  the  city,  at  7 o’clock  p.  m.,  and  may  ad- 
journ from  time  to  time,  if  such  adjournment  shall  be  deemed 
necessary. 

Section  2.  Special  meetings  of  the  City  Council  may  be 
called  at  any  time,  by  the  mayor,  or  by  three  or  more  aider- 
men,  in  cases  of  necessity  or  emergency. 

Section  3.  When  any  special  meeting  of  the  City  Council 
shall  be  called,  all  the  members  shall  be  notified  of  the  day  and 
hour  at  which  the  Council  will  assemble,  and  what  special  or 
extraordinary  business  requires  the  calling  of  such  special 


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meeting.  The  notice,  to  the  aldermen,  of  such  meeting,  shall 
be  issued  by  the  city  clerk,  in  writing,  on  the  order  of  the 
mayor  or  request  of  the  aldermen  calling  the  same  and  shall  be 
served  by  the  city  marshal,  or  other  police  officer,  and  such  ser- 
vice must  be  had  at  least  one  day  before  the  time  appointed  for 
the  meeting.  The  city  marshal  or  other  officer,  shall  serve  the 
notice  on  all  the  aldermen,  if  they  can  be  found  in  the  city,  and 
make  return  of  such  service  to  the  clerk,  but  if  any  alderman 
cannot  be  found  in  the  city,  the  marshal  shall  make  return  of 
the  notice,  that  he  cannot  be  found,  and  is  not  served  with  no- 
tice. 

Section  4.  At  any  special  meeting  of  the  City  Council,  of 
which  a majority  of  the  members,  including  the  mayor,  are 
notified,  and  a quorum  are  present,  only  the  special  business 
for  which  the  meeting  was  called  to  consider  and  act  upon, 
shall  be  acted  upon  or  considered. 

Section  5.  All  persons  having  claims  or  demands  against 
the  city,  must  present  them  to  the  auditing  committee  for  ex- 
aminition,  adjustment  and  allowance  on  Friday  evening  next 
preceding  the  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  City  Council  and 
said  auditing  committee  shall  report  the  same  with  their  ac- 
tions to  the  City  Council.  Every  such  claim  or  demand 
must  be  presented  in  writing,  must  contain  an  itemized  state- 
ment of  the  claim  or  demand  and  must  show,  by  the  oath  or 
affirmation  of  the  claimant,  that  such  demand  is  just,  due  and 


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unpaid  and  must  be  O.  K.d  by  a member  of  the  committee  from 
whose  fund  the  bill  is  to  be  paid. 

Section  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  mayor,  at  the  be- 
ginning of  each  year  for  which  members  of  the  City  Council 
are  elected,  to  appoint  the  following  named  standing  commit- 
tees, the  first  named  member  of  each  committee  to  be  the  chair- 
man thereof,  and  each  committee  to  consist  of  not  less  than  three 
members,  viz. : 

1.  Committee  on  Streets  and  Alleys. 

2.  Committee  on  Public  Grounds  and  Buildings. 

3.  Committee  on  Fire. 

4.  Committee  on  Finance. 

5.  Committee  on  Police. 

6.  Committee  on  Claims. 

7.  Committee  on  Printing. 

8.  Committee  on  Health. 

9.  Committee  on  Purchasing. 

10.  Committee  on  Sewerage. 

11.  Committee  on  Auditing. 

Section  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  standing  committees 
to  keep  a close  watch  over  the  affairs  of  their  respective  depart- 
ments, and  to  promptly  investigate  and  report  in  writing,  up- 
on all  matters  referred  to  them  by  the  Council,  and  perform 
such  other  duties  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  assigned  them. 

Section  8.  The  committee  on  streets  and  alleys  shall  have 
charge  of  and  direct  all  improvements  on  public  thoroughfares. 


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the  opening,  laying  out,  widening,  extending  and  vacating  the 
same,  and  all  additions  to  the  city,  except  matters  coming  be- 
fore the  board  of  local  improvement. 

Section  9.  The  committee  on  public  grounds  and  buildings 
shall  have  charge  of  all  buildings  and  grounds,  including  parks 
belonging  to  or  occupied  by  the  city,  and  the  preservation,  re- 
pair and  improvement  of  the  same. 

Section  10.  The  committee  on  fire  shall  have  general  su- 
pervision over  the  fire  department  and  all  appliances  belonging 
to  said  department. 

Section  11.  The  committee  on  finance  shall  have  charge  of 
all  matters  pertaining  to  the  financial  condition  of  the  city, 
audit  and  examine  the  treasurer’s  report,  receive  estimates 
from  the  other  committees  for  annual  appropriations,  and  pre- 
pare and  present  the  annual  appropriation  bill,  and  shall  re- 
port to  the  Council,  at  each  regular  meeting  thereof  the  amount 
of  expenditures  made  in  each  regular  meeting  thereof,  the 
amount  of  expenditures  made  in  each  department  of  appropria- 
tions and  the  balance  unexpended. 

Section  12.  The  committee  on  police  shall  have  charge  of 
all  matters  pertaining  to  the  police  department. 

Section  13.  The  committee  on  claims  shall  investigate 
and  examine  all  claims  against  the  said  city  which  may  be  re- 
ferred to  them,  and  report  the  same  back  to  the  Council,  with 
their  recommendations  indorsed  thereon  in  writing,  signed  by 
at  least  two  of  the  committee. 


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Section  14.  Tlie  committee  on  printing  shall  have  charge 
of  all  matters  pertaining  to  printing,  and  the  furnishing  of  sta- 
tionary and  blanks  to  the  different  officers  and  departments 
of  the  city,  and  the  making  of  contracts  pertaining  to  the  same. 

Section  15.  The  committee  on  health  shall  have  charge  of 
the  sanitary  condition  of  the  city. 

Section  16.  No  person  holding  office  under  the  city 
shall  have  the  right  to  buy  anything  for  the  city  unless  he  shall 
make  requisition  for  the  same  and  have  said  requisition  ap- 
proved by  the  purchasing  committees,  except  committees  ap- 
pointed by  the  mayor. 

Section  17.  The  committee  on  sewerage  shall  have  charge 
of  all  matters  pertaining  to  sewers  and  sewerage. 

Section  18.  No  committee  of  the  City  Council,  nor  any 
member  of  said  Council,  or  other  officer  of  said  city,  shall  ex- 
pend or  contract  for  the  expenditure  of  any  moneys  belonging 
to  the  city,  or  incur  any  liability  on  the  part  of  the  city  for  the 
improvement  of  any  street,  sidewalk,  alley,  building,  or  other 
property  belonging  to  or  under  the  control  of  said  city,  in  ex- 
cess of  $100.00  unless  authorized  so  to  do,  by  ordi- 
nance or  resolution  of  the  City  Council. 

Section  19.  The  following  rules  for  the  government  of  the 
deliberation  of  the  Council  are  hereby  adopted,  viz. : 

I.  The  order  of  business  at  all  regular  meetings  of  the  Coun- 
cil shall  be  as  follows : 


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1.  Beading  of  minutes  of  proceedings  regular  and  special 
meetings. 

2.  Presentation  of  claims  and  accounts. 

3.  Beports  of  standing  committees. 

4.  Beports  of  special  committees. 

5.  Beports  of  officers. 

6.  Petitions  and  communications  to  the  Council. 

7.  Unfinished  business. 

8.  Miscellaneous  business. 

II.  The  mayor  shall  preserve  order  and  decorum,  and  shall 
decide  all  questions  of  order,  subject  to  an  appeal  to  the  Coun- 
cil. Appeals  to  the  Council  shall  be  decided  without  debate. 

III.  No  member  shall  speak  more  than  twice  upon  any 
question,  nor  more  than  ten  minutes  at  one  time,  except  by  per- 
mission of  the  Council. 

IV.  Any  member  called  to  order  shall  immediately  take  his 
seat  until  the  point  of  order  is  decided. 

V.  While  any  member  is  speaking,  no  member  shall  en- 
gage in  conversation  with  others,  or  pass  between  the  speaker 
and  the  mayor. 

VI.  Any  member  indulging  in  personalities,  or  reflections 
injurious  to  the  feelings  of  any  other  member,  or  the  harmony 
of  the  Council,  shall  be  called  to  order  by  the  mayor. 

VII.  All  petitions  and  other  communications  to  the  Coun- 
cil shall  be  in  writing. 

VIII.  When  a question  is  stated,  every  member  present 


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shall  vote,  unless  excused  by  the  Council,  or  unless  directly  in- 
terested in  the  question,  in  which  case  he  shall  not  vote. 

IX.  No  motion  shall  be  entertained  unless  seconded ; when 
seconded,  it  shall  be  stated  by  the  mayor,  and  if  required  by 
any  member,  it  shall  be  reduced  to  writing. 

X.  When  a motion  or  resolution  has  been  stated  bv  the 
mayor,  it  shall  be  deemed  to  be  in  possession  of  the  Council  but 
may  be  withdrawn  at  any  time  before  a decision  or  amendment, 
by  consent  of  the  Council. 

XI.  If  a question  under  consideration  contains  more  than 
one  distinct  proposition,  it  may  be  divided  on  the  request  of 
any  member. 

XII.  When  a blank  is  to  be  filled  and  different  sums  or 
times  proposed,  the  question  shall  first  be  put  upon  the  largest 
sum  or  the  longest  time. 

XIII.  When  a question  is  under  debate,  no  motion  shall 
be  received,  unless  for  the  previous  question,  to  refer,  to  post- 
pone indefinitely,  to  adjourn  to  a certain  day,  to  lay  on  the 
table,  to  amend,  or  to  adjourn  the  Council. 

XIV.  A motion  for  the  “previous  question”  to  lay  the 
question  on  the  table,  or  to  commit  it  until  decided,  shall  pre- 
clude all  amendment  or  debate  of  the  main  question,  and  a mo- 
tion to  postpone  a question  indefinitely  or  to  adjourn  to  a certain 
day  shall,  until  it  is  decided,  preclude  all  amendments  to  the 
main  question. 

XV.  The  “previous  question”  shall  be  put  as  follows: 
“Shall  the  main  question  be  now  put  ?” 


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XVI.  A motion  to  adjourn  shall  always  be  in  order,  and 
shall  he  decided  without  debate. 

XVII.  In  all  cases  the  name  of  a member  offering  a resolu- 
tion or  motion,  shall  be  entered  with  it  upon  the  journal. 

XVIII.  The  yeas  and  nays  shall  be  taken  on  the  passage 
of  every  ordinance,  and  on  all  propositions  to  create  any  liabil- 
ity against  the  city,  or  for  the  expenditure  or  appropriation  of 
its  money,  and  entered  upon  the  journal;  and  if  any  member 
require  it,  upon  any  question  before  the  Council,  but  shall  not 
be  taken  unless  called  for  previous  to  the  announcement  of  the 
vote. 

XIX.  No  ordinance  shall  be  repealed  or  passed,  or  contract 
or  appropriation  made,  unless  by  a vote  of  the  majority  of  all 
the  members  elected  to  the  Council. 

XX.  Committees  to  whom  any  subject  may  be  referred, 
shall  report  in  writing,  addressed  to  the  City  Council  of  the 
city  of  Paris,  and  the  report  shall  be  filed  away  and  preserved 
by  the  clerk. 

XXI.  Any  report  of  a committee  of  the  Council  shall  be 
deferred,  for  final  action  thereon,  to  the  next  regular  meeting 
of  the  same,  after  the  report  is  made,  upon  the  request  of  any 
two  aldermen  present. 

XXII.  The  city  clerk  shall  forward  all  papers  to  the  ap- 
propriate committees  and  officers  as  early  as  the  next  day  af- 
ter the  reference  shall  be  made,  by  the  city  marshal,  who  shall 
deliver  them. 


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XXIII.  No  petition  for  the  remission  of  a fine  under  any 
ordinance  of  the  city  shall  be  granted  without  a vote  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  Council,  or  without  said  petition  is  signed  by  the 
police  magistrate,  or  the  jury  imposing  the  fine,  or  the  city 
attorney. 

XXIV.  Every  proposition  involving  the  expenditures  of 
money  shall  be  referred  to  an  appropriate  standing  committee, 
and  a report  thereon  made  to  the  Council  by  said  committee 
before  the  Council  vote  on  the  expenditures  and  no  resolu- 
tion or  ordinance  shall  be  acted  on  by  the  Council  until  the 
same  shall  have  been  referred  to  an  appropriate  committee  for 
investigation,  and  a copy  of  such  resolution  or  ordinance  shall 
be  given  to  each  member  of  the  Council  at  least  one  day  be- 
fore any  action  shall  be  had  thereon.  That  before  any  ordi- 
nances shall  be  adopted  by  the  Council  it  shall  be  referred  to 
the  city  attorney  for  investigation  unless  such  ordinance 
shall  have  been  prepared  by  the  city  attorney. 

XXV.  On  all  points  of  order  not  herein  specially  provid- 
ed for,  Reed’s  manual  of  parlimentary  practice  is  adopted  and 
made  the  law  governing  the  deliberations  of  said  Council. 

XXVI.  The  foregoing  rules,  or  any  of  them,  shall  not  be 
repealed  or  annulled,  amended,  abridged,  modified  or  suspend- 
ed, except  by  a vote  of  the  majority  of  the  Council. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  in  relation  to  city  officers. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.  Section  13  amended  an'd  approved  Feb.  25,  1905. 

Section  17  amended  and  approved  April  2,  1903.  Amended  and 

passed  Jan.  1,  1912). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , The  mayor,  city  clerk,  city  attorney  and  city  treasurer, 
shall  severally  execute  bonds  with  good  security,  to  be  approv- 
ed by  the  City  Council,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  perform- 
ance of  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices.  The  mayor’s  bond 
shall  be  in  the  penal  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars.  The  dity 
clerk’s  bond  shall  be  in  the  penal  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars. 
The  city  attorney’s  bond  shall  be  in  the  penal  sum  of  one  thous- 
and dollars.  The  treasurer’s  bond  shall  be  in  the  penal  sum  of 
fifty  thousand  dollars  ; and  said  bonds  shall  severally  be  made 
payable  to  the  city  of  Paris. 

Section  2.  The  city  treasurer  shall  be  the  custodian  and 
keeper  of  all  said  bonds  except  the  treasurer’s ; and  the  city 
clerk  shall  be  the  custodian  and  keeper  of  the  treasurer’s  bond. 

Section  3.  When  the  official  bonds  required  by  the  first 
section  of  this  ordinance  shall  have  been  presented  to  and  ap- 
proved by  the  City  Council,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  acting 
city  clerk  to  record  said  bonds,  and  each  of  them,  in  a well 
bound  book,  which  shall  be  called  “The  record  of  official  bonds, 
of  the  city  of  Paris,”  and  forthwith  file  and  ever  afterwards 
carefully  preserve  the  treasurer’s  bond,  and  the  said  acting  city 
clerk  shall  forthwith  deliver  the  said  official  bonds  of  the  may- 


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or,  city  clerk,  and  city  attorney  to  the  city  treasurer,  who  shall 
file  the  same,  and  shall  carefully  keep  and  preserve  said  offi- 
cial bonds. 

Section  4.  That  the  mayor  may  appoint  by  and  with  the 
consent  of  the  City  Council,  an  officer  to  be  known  as  the  chief 
engineer  of  the  fire  department,  whose  term  of  office  shall  be 
during  the  fiscal  year  in  which  he  is  appointed.  That  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  such  officer  to  superintend,  command  and  have 
charge  of  the  fire,  hose  and  hook  and  ladder  companies;  to 
see  that  the  various  apparatus  for  the  extinguishment  of  fires 
are  kept  in  repair  and  to  report  all  fires  occuring  in  the  city  at 
the  next  regular  meeting  of  the  City  Council,  and  stating  the 
amount  of  the  loss  as  nearly  as  the  same  can  be  ascertained,  and 
the  cause  of  said  fire. 

Section  5.  There  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  by  and 
with  the  consent  of  the  City  Council,  a city  weigher,  who  shall 
give  bond  in  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars,  to  be  approved  by 
the  clerk,  and  who  shall  hold  his  office  one  year,  and  until  his 
successor  is  qualified,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  take  charge  of 
the  city  scales,  keep  them  in  good  working  order  and  weigh  any 
article  within  the  capacity  of  said  scales  when  called  upon,  and 
deliver  to  the  applicant  a true  certificate  of  the  weight.  He 
shall  keep  in  a suitable  book,  subject  to  the  inspection  of  per- 
sons interested,  a register  of  all  articles  weighed,  an  abstract  of 
which,  with  a statement  of  the  amount  of  fees  received,  shall 
be  reported  by  him,  under  oath,  to  the  Council  at  each  regular 
meeting. 


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Section  6.  The  weigher  shall  charge  the  person  for  whom 
the  weighing  is  done,  the  sum  of  five  cents  for  each  draft  and 
xeport  and  turn  over  all  moneys  to  said  treasurer.  Provided, 
That  no  fees  whatever  are  to  he  charged  for  any  weighing  that 
may  he  done  for  the  city  or  school. 

Provided  Further,  That  the  committee  on  public  grounds  and 
buildings  shall,  with  the  consent  of  the  city  weigher,  fix  his 
salary  not  to  exceed  one  dollar  per  day  each  day  he  works. 

Section  7.  The  pay  of  the  fire  messenger  shall  he  $120  per 
year,  payable  monthly. 

Section  8.  The  police  magistrate  shall  give  bond  in  the 
sum  of  two  thousand  dollars,  conditioned  according  to  the  re- 
quirements of  the  statute  of  Illinois  in  bonds  of  justices  of  the 
peace. 

Section  9.  All  process  issued  against  persons  for  viola- 
tion of  any  city  ordinance,  must  be  directed  to  the  city  mar- 
shal, and  must  be  executed  by  the  city  marshal  or  a policeman, 
and  returned  in  a like  manner  as  required  by  the  law  of  this 
state  by  constables  of  similar  process. 

Section  10.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  police  magistrate 
on  the  first  Monday  of  each  and  every  month  to  report  to  the 
City  Council,  showing  the- number  and  amount  of  fines  by  him 
assessed  and  against  whom;  the  amount  of  money  by  him  col- 
lected belonging  to  the  city,  showing  the  items  in  detail  under 
proper  heads,  and  to  pay  over  the  amount  so  in  his  hands,  tak- 
ing the  treasurer’s  receipt  therefor. 


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Section  11.  The  following  shall  be  the  salaries  of  the  of- 
ficers of  such  city,  that  it  is  to  say : 

Section  12.  The  salary  of  the  mayor  shall  be  five  hundred 
dollars  per  annum,  payable  quarterly. 

Section  13.  The  salary  of  the  city  clerk  shall  he  three  hun- 
dred dollars,  per  annum  payable  quarterly. 

Section  14.  The  salary  of  the  city  treasurer  shall  be  two- 
hundred  dollars  per  annum,  payable  quarterly. 

Section  15.  Each  alderman  shall  be  entitled  to  receive 
three  dollars  as  compensation,  for  each  meeting  of  the  City 
Council  which  they  may  attend. 

Section  16.  The  police  magistrate  of  the  said  city  of  Paris- 
shall  be  paid  a salary  of  fifty  dollars  per  month,  payable  month- 
ly, said  salary  shall  be  in  lieu  of  all  fees  and  emoluments  of 
said  office,  and  that  all  fees  earned  for  the  city  by  the  said  police 
magistrate  shall  be  the  proprety  of  said  city  of  Paris,  and 
when  collected,  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  city  treasurer. 

Section  17.  The  salary  of  the  city  attorney  shall  be  seven 
hundred  and  twenty  dollars  per  annum,  payable  monthly. 

Section  18.  The  pay  of  the  chief  engineer  of  the  fire  de- 
partment shall  be  fifty-five  dollars  per  month,  payable  monthly. 

Section  19.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  treasurer,  on  re- 
ceiving money  from  the  city  marshal,  collector  of  water  rates, 
city  clerk,  city  weigher,  police  magistrate,  city  attorney,  or  any 
other  officer  paying  him  money  on  account  of  the  city,  to  give 
such  person  duplicate  receipt  for  same,  and  such  officers  so 


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paying  said  money,  in  making  their  reports  to  the  City  Council, 
shall  file  therewith,  or  attach  thereto,  one  of  such  receipts. 

Section  20.  All  monthly  reports  of  officers,  showing  pay- 
ment of  money  to  the  city  treasurer,  shall  he  made  to  include 
the  last  day  of  each  month  for  which  the  report  is  made  and 
the  payment  of  any  money  due  the  city  shall  be  paid  to  the  city 
treasurer  on  or  before  the  last  day  of  the  month  for  which  the 
report  is  made. 

Provided , That  where  the  last  day  of  the  month  falls  on 
Sunday,  the  payment  shall  be  made  the  Saturday  previous. 

Section  21.  The  city  treasurer  in  his  monthly  report  to 
the  City  Council  shall  include  all  moneys  received  during  the 
month,  from  the  first  to  the  last  days,  inclusive.  Said  report 
shall  be  dated  on  the  last  day  of  the  month  for  which  it  is 
made,  and  shall  in  all  respects  comply  with  Section  95  of  the 
chapter  of  the  revised  statutes  of  Illinois,  relating  to  cities 
and  villages,  and  shall  in  the  balance  reported  on  hand  report 
what  amount  of  such  sum  is  in  cash  and  what  amount  in  bank, 
giving  the  amount  in  each  bank  separately. 

Section  22.  The  city  marshal,  in  addition  to  the  report  now 
required  to  be  made  by  him,  shall  also  show  in  his  monthly  re- 
port to  the  Council,  the  names  of  all  persons  confined  in  the 
calaboose  during  the  month,  the  date  of  their  incarceration 
therein,  the  date  of  their  discharge,  the  offense  for  which  they 
were  confined  therein  and  the  process  under  wdiich  they  were 
so  confined. 


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Section  23.  The  monthly  report  of  the  police  magistrate 
shall  give  the  name  of  the  person  fined,  the  amount  of  the  fine, 
the  amount  of  the  costs  of  city  officials  and  the  total  amount  due 
the  city  in  separate  columns,  and  shall  also  show  in  another 
column  the  amount  received  in  cash  on  said  fines  and  costs  not 
paid  and  shall  give  the  return  on  the  mittimus  issued  thereon. 

CITY  ENGINEER 

AN  ORDINANCE  establishing  office  of  city  engineer,  prescribing 
his  duties  and  salary. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  There  shall  be  appointed  annually  by  the  mayor,  by 
and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Council,  a city  engineer, 
whose  term  of  office  shall  continue  to  the  first  meeting  of  the 
City  Council  of  the  next  succeeding  fiscal  year  or  until  his 
successor  shall  be  duly  appointed  and  qualified. 

Section  2.  The  said  city  engineer  shall  be  ex-officio  super- 
intendent of  the  electric  light  and  water  works  plant  and  inspec- 
tor of  plumbing. 

Section  3.  The  said  city  engineer  shall  execute  a bond  in 
the  penal  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  ($500. 00)  payable  to  the 
city  of  Paris,  conditioned  upon  the  faithful  discharge  of  his 
duties  and  the  proper  disbursement  of  funds  in  his  department. 

Section  4.  The  said  city  engineer  shall  also  take  and  sub- 
scribe the  following  oath  or  affirmation : 


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I do  solemnly  swear  that  I will  support  the  constitution  of 
the  United  States,  and  the  constitution  of  the  state  of  Illinois, 
and  that  I will  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office  of 
city  engineer,  to  the  best  of  my  ability. 

Section-  5.  The  compensation  of  the  said  city  engineer 
shall  he  fifteen  hundred  dollars  a year,  payable  quarterly. 

Section  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  engineer  to  per- 
form all  surveying  and  engineering  ordered  by  the  City  Council, 
or  any  committee  of  the  Council  on  the  work  in  question ; and 
he  shall  under  the  directions  of  the  Council  establish  the  grades 
and  boundaries  of  streets  and  alleys;  but  such  grades  and 
boundaries  must  be  reported  and  approved  by  the  City  Council 
before  taking  effect.  It  shall  furthermore  he  the  duty  of  the 
city  engineer  to  superintend  all  local  improvements  (receive 
and  keep  an  accurate  record  of  material  for  the  same),  with 
the  advice  and  directions  of  the  committee  on  the  improvement 
in  question. 

Section  7.  It  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  city  engineer,  as 
superintendent  of  the  electric  light  and  water  works,  to  keep 
the  plant  in  perfect  running  order,  to  keep  the  lamps  and  line 
in  repair,  to  take  all  precautions  to  avoid  short  circuits  and  to 
repair  such  when  occuring,  to  recommend  to  the  respective 
committee  such  changes  as  would  he  advantageous  to  the  econ- 
omy of  the  plant,  and  to  oversee  the  employes  who  shall 
work  under  the  directions  of  the  superintendent  only. 


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Section  8.  It  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  city  engineer  as  in- 
spector of  plumbing,  to  carry  out  the  plumbing  ordinances,  to 
test  all  plumbing  before  acceptance,  and  to  bring  to  the  atten- 
tion of  the  board  of  health  such  plumbing  as  is  defective  and 
detrimental  to  the  sanitary  conditions  of  the  community. 

Section  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  engineer  to  keep 
on  record,  and  file  any  and  all  plates,  profiles  and  notes  of  sur- 
veys and  grades,  disbursement  of  funds,  contracts,  agreements, 
etc.,  and  to  report  to  the  Council  annually,  or  when  ordered  to 
do  so,  giving  such  data  and  facts  as  may  be  of  interest  to  the 
general  public. 


CITY  CLERK 

AN  ORDINANCE  prescribing  certain  duties  of  the  city  clerk  of  Paris. 

(Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , The  city  clerk  shall  have  the  custody  of  all  ordinances, 
records,  books,  and  papers  belonging  to  the  city  of  Paris,  and 
of  the  corporate  seal  of  the  city  and  shall  affix  said  seal  to  all 
written  papers,  instruments  and  documents  requiring  official 
authentication;  he  shall  keep  a regular  and  correct  journal  of 
the  proceedings  of  the  City  Council,  and  shall  record,  or  cause 
to  be  recorded,  in  a book  kept  for  that  purpose,  all  the  laws  and 
ordinances  of  the  city,  and  shall  publish,  or  cause  to  be  publish- 
ed, in  such  newspapers  as  may  be  ordered  by  the  City  Council, 
all  ordinances  passed  by  the  City  Council,  within  fifteen  days 


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after  their  approval  by  the  mayor,  or  from  the  time  they  take 
effect  without  his  approval ; he  shall  furnish  to  any  person  de- 
siring the  same,  transcripts  of  all  laws  and  ordinances  and  of 
all  acts  or  proceedings  of  the  City  Council  recorded  in  any 
hook  or  entered  on  any  minute  or  journal  kept  under  its  direc- 
tion, and  he  shall  be  entitled  to  charge  therefor  at  the  same  rate 
as  the  clerk  of  the  circuit  court  of  Edgar  county,  Illinois,  for 
transcripts  of  the  records  and  papers  of  his  office.  Provided } 
However , That  the  clerk  shall  furnish  free  of  charge  all  such 
transcripts,  properly  certified,  as  may  he  necessary  for  the  use 
of  the  city. 

Section  2.  The  city  clerk  shall  draw  all  warrants  on  the 
city  treasury  ordered  by  the  City  Council,  and  countersign  the 
same  and  keep  an  accurate  account  of  the  same  in  a hook  pro- 
vided for  that  purpose,  and  shall  deliver  to  the  treasurer  with- 
in twenty-four  hours  after  any  warrants  shall  have  been  drawn 
on  the  treasury  for  the  payment  of  any  sum  of  money,  an  ab- 
stract of  such  warrant  or  warrants,  the  amount  of  each,  and  on 
what  account  drawn. 

Section  3.  The  clerk  shall  carefully  keep  and  preserve  all 
papers  and  hooks  which  may  come  into  his  possession  by  virtue 
of  his  office,  filing  and  arranging  them  in  a manner  convenient 
for  reference ; he  shall  record  all  abstracts  of  elections,  all  bonds 
issued  by  the  city,  all  deeds,  or  other  papers  showing  a title  to 
any  real  estate  belonging  to  the  city,  in  hooks  kept  for  the  pur- 
pose; he  shall  furnish  to  the  various  departments  of  the  city 


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copies  of  all  ordinances,  resolutions  or  orders  having  reference- 
to  or  concerning  them,  and  he  shall  issue  such  licenses  and 
certificates  as  are  now  or  shall  hereafter  be  provided  for  in  the 
laws  and  ordinances  of  the  city;  he  is  also  directed  to  have 
bound  from  time  to  time  the  newspaper  files  containing  the  city 
advertisements,  also  duplicate  copies  of  the  annual  report  of  the 
mayor  and  the  various  departments. 

Section  4.  The  city  clerk  shall,  each  year,  immediately  af- 
ter the  passage  thereof,  file  with  the  county  clerk  of  Edgar  coun- 
ty, Illinois,  a properly  certified  copy  of  the  annual  appropria- 
tion ordinance  passed  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris,, 
and  also  certified  copies  of  all  ordinances  and  resolutions  re- 
quired by  law  to  be  filed  with  said  county  clerk. 

Section  5.  The  city  clerk,  before  entering  upon  the  duties 
of  his  office,  shall  give  bond  in  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,, 
with  at  least  two  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  to  be  approved  by 
the  City  Council,  payable  to  the  city  of  Paris,  conditioned  for 
the  faithful  performance  of  his  duty  as  clerk,  and  for  the  pay- 
ment into  the  city  treasury  of  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  city,, 
and  for  the  delivery  to  his  successor  in  office  of  all  books,  papers,, 
records,  and  other  property  of  every  description  coming  to  his 
hands  by  virtue  of  his  said  office;  he  shall  perform  all  such 
other  duties  as  are  now  or  may  be  hereafter  prescribed  by  the 
laws  of  this  state  or  by  the  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Paris,, 
either  as  such  clerk,  or  as  ex-officio  comptroller  of  said  city. 


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CONGREGATIONS— DISTURBING 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  'disturbance  of  meetings. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  disturb  any  congregation  or  assembly 
met  for  religious  worship,  or  for  any  other  lawful  purpose,  shall 
be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 


COLLECTOR— APPOINTMENT  OE 

AN  ORDINANCE  authorizing  appointment  of  collector,  prescribing 
his  duties  and  salary. 

(Passed  May  15,  1900.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , The  mayor  is  hereby  authorized  to  appoint  by  and 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  City  Council  a special  collec- 
tor who  shall  take  oath  required  by  city  officers  and  shall  give 
such  bond  as  the  City  Council  shall  require  (not  less  than  ten 
thousand  dollars),  and  who  shall  collect  and  pay  over  to  the  city 
treasurer  weekly  the  special  taxes  assessed  under  any  ordinance 
of  the  city  providing  for  local  improvements,  and  shall  per- 
form all  such  other  duties  as  are,  or  may  be  hereafter,  required 
of  him  by  law.  The  special  collector  shall  perform  all  the  duties 
required  of  a city  collector  by  the  provisions  of  Sections  13,  14, 
15  and  16,  of  Article  YII  of  an  act  to  provide  for  the  incorpor- 
ation of  cities  and  villages  in  force  July  1st,  1872.  His  com- 


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pensation  shall  be  the  same  as  is  by  law  allowed  to  town  collec- 
tors for  his  like  services,  and  his  term  of  office  shall  be  for  one 
year  from  the  commencement  of  the  fiscal  year. 

CONCEALED  WEAPONS 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  carrying  of  concealed  weapons. 
(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 

of  Paris , Whoever  shall  carry  concealed,  upon  or  about  his  per- 

* 

son  any  pistol,  revolver,  derringer,  bowie  knife,  dirk,  slungshot, 
metallic  knuckles,  or  a razor  as  a weapon,  or  any  other  deadly 
weapon  of  like  character,  capable  of  being  concealed  upon  the 
person,  or  whoever  shall  in  a threatening  or  boisterous  manner 
flourish  or  display  the  same,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  and  in  addi- 
tion to  said  penalty  shall,  upon  the  order  of  the  magistrate 
before  whom  such  conviction  is  had,  forfeit  the  weapon  so  car- 
ried to  the  city. 

CURFEW  ORDINANCE 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  persons  under  fourteen  (14)  years  of  age 
from  being  on  the  streets,  alleys  or  public  places  in  the  city  of 
Paris  at  night  after  the  hour  of  nine  o’clock,  from  March  1st.  to 
August  31st,  inclusive,  of  each  year;  and  from  September  1st  to  the 
last  day  of  February,  inclusive,  of  each  year,  after  the  hour  of 
eight  o’clock;  and  the  prescribed  penalties  for  the  violation  there- 
of. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  is  hereby  made  unlawful  for  any  person  under 
fourteen  (14)  years  of  age  to  be,  or  remain  in  or  upon  any  of 


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the  streets,  alleys,  or  public  places  in  the  city  of  Paris,  at  night 
after  the  hour  of  nine  o’clock,  from  March  1st  to  August  31st, 
inclusive,  each  year ; and  from  September  1st  to  the  last  day  of 
February,  inclusive  of  each  year,  after  the  hour  of  eight  o’clock 
p.  m. ; unless  such  person  is  accompanied  by  a parent,  guardian, 
or  other  person  having  the  legal  custody  of  such  minor  person 
or  who  is  in  performance  of  an  errand  or  duty  directed  by  such 
parent,  guardian,  or  other  person  having  the  care  or  custody  of 
such  minor  person,  or  whose  employment  makes  it  necessary  to 
be  upon  said  streets,  alleys,  or  public  places  during  the  night 
time  after  said  specified  hours.  Any  person  violating  the  provi- 
sions of  this  ordinance  shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  in  any  sum 
not  to  exceed  five  dollars  $5.00)  for  each  offense  and  stand  com- 
mitted until  such  fine  and  costs  are  paid. 

Section  2.  It  is  hereby  made  unlawful  for  any  person, 
guardian,  or  other  person  having  the  legal  care  and  custody  of 
any  person  under  fourteen  years  of  age,  to  allow  or  permit  any 
such  child,  ward  or  other  person  under  age,  while  in  such  legal 
custody,  to  go  or  be  in  or  upon  any  of  the  streets,  alleys,  or  pub- 
lic places  in  said  city  within  the  time  prohibited  in  Section  1 
of  this  ordinance,  unless  there  exists  a reasonable  necessity 
therefor.  Any  persons  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall,  on  conviction  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  one  nor 
more  than  ten  dollars  ($10.00)  for  each  offense  and  stand 
committed  until  such  fines  and  costs  are  paid. 

Section  3.  Each  member  of  the  police  force  while  on  duty 


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is  hereby  authorized  to  arrest,  without  warrant,  any  person 
willfully  violating  the  provisions  of  Section  1 of  this  ordinance 
and  retain  such  person  for  a reasonable  length  of  time,  in  which 
complaint  can  he  made  and  a warrant  issued  and  served.  Be  it 
further  ordained  that  no  child  or  minor  person  arrested  under 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  placed  in  confinement 
until  they  have  first  been  taken  home  to  ascertain  the  parents* 
wishes  and  the  parent  shall  have  refused  to  be  held,  responsible 
for  the  observance  of  this  ordinance  by  said  minor  person. 

Section  4.  It  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  police  magistrate,  up* 
on  the  arrest  of  any  child  or  minor  person,  where  the  parents  or 
guardian  have  refused  to  become  responsible  for  said  minor 
person  for  violating  the  provisions  of  Section  1 of  this  ordin- 
ance, to  inquire  into  the  facts  of  said  arrest  and  the  conditions 
and  circumstances  of  such  child  or  minor  person,  and  if  it  shall 
appear  that  such  child  or  minor  person,  for  want  of  proper  and 
^rental  care,  is  growing  up  in  mendicancy  and  vagrancy  or  is 
incorrigible,  cause  the  proper  proceedings  to  be  had  and  taken  as 
authorized  and  provided  by  the  law  in  such  cases. 

Section  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  the  fire  de- 
partment  to  see  that  a curfew  bell  is  rung  each  and  every  eve- 
ning at  the  hour  of  nine  o’clock  from  March  1st  to  August  31st, 
inclusive,  of  each  year,  and  from  September  1st  to  the  last  day 
of  February,  inclusive,  of  each  year  at  the  hour  of  eight  o’clock 
in  the  evening. 


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Section  6.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage,  approval  and  publication  according 
to  law. 


CITY  ATTORNEY. 


AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  the  duties  of  city  attorney. 
(Passed  Jan.  1,  1912) 


Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  The  city  attorney  shall  be  the  legal  advisor  of  the 
City  Council,  and  give  his  opinion  on  all  matters  which  may  be 
referred  to  him  by  the  Council;  he  shall  attend  to  all  suits  in 
the  several  courts  held  in  Edgar  county  and  the  courts  of  this 
state,  now  or  hereafter  to  be  commenced,  in  which  the  city  is 
a party  in  interest ; he  may  institute  any  suit  for  the  violation 
of  an  ordinance  or  ordinances  of  said  city;  he  may  be  requir- 
ed to  attend  the  meeting  of  any  committee  appointed  by  the  City 
Council,  upon  written  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  such  meet- 
ing being  served  on  him;  his  opionion  may  be  obtained  upon 
written  request  of  the  mayor,  city  clerk,  standing  or  special  com- 
mittees, and  the  heads  of  any  other  departments  hereafter  creat- 
ed by  law;  he  shall  be  required  to  attend  the  regular  meetings 
of  the  City  Council  and  special  meetings  thereof,  and  shall  have 
charge  and  custody  of  all  legal  papers,  books  and  dockets  belong- 
ing to  the  city,  and  may  demand  and  shall  receive,  upon  leaving 
a receipt  therefor,  any  book,  paper  or  document  necessary  to  be 
used  in  any  suit  or  required  for  the  purpose  of  his  duties  from 


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any  officer  of  the  city;  he  may  also  require  the  attendance  of 
any  officer  to  substantiate  by  oath,  now  required  by  law,  the 
pleading  in  any  suit  affecting  the  department  over  which  such 
officer  presides,  or  in  which  he  is  interested;  he  shall  pay  the 
city  treasurer  all  moneys  which  may  he  collected  by  him  on  be- 
half of  the  city. 

Section  2.  Whenever  the  city  attorney  shall  deem  it  ad- 
visable he  shall  take  an  appeal  in  any  case  or  matter  wherein 
the  city  is  interested  and  is  not  liable  for  cost  from  the  decision 
of  the  court,  trying  the  same  to  the  proper  appellate  court ; he 
shall  also  preserve  in  his  office  a docket  of  all  cases  in  which  the 
city  is  interested  in  any  of  said  courts,  and  shall  enter  therein 
from  time  to  time  abstracts  of  all  proceedings  of  said  causes ; he 
shall  also  preserve  in  his  office  copies  of  all  written  opinions  fur- 
nished by  him  to  the  City  Council  or  any  city  officer.  The  said 
docket,  copies  and  papers  shall  belong  to  the  city,  and  retiring 
from  office,  he  shall  deliver  the  same,  with  all  accounts,  vouchers, 
and  necessary  information  pertaining  thereto  to  his  successor  in 
office;  he  shall  annually,  before  the  last  regular  meeting  of  the 
City  Council  prior  to  the  annual  election,  report  in  writing  and 
at  such  other  times  as  may  he  required,  to  the  City  Council,  the 
progress  and  condition  the  suits  and  business  of  the  city. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  pertaining  to  the  duties  of  city  collector. 

(Passed  Jan.  1,  1912) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  It  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  collector,  when  one  is  ap- 
pointed, to  preserve  all  warrants  which  are  returned  into  his 
hands,  and  he  shall  keep  such  hooks  and  his  accounts  in  such 
manner  as  the  City  Council  may  prescribe.  Such  warrants, 
books,  and  all  papers,  pertaining  to  his  office,  shall  at  all  times 
be  open  to  the  inspection  of  and  subject  to  the  examination  of 
the  mayor,  city  clerk,  any  member  of  the  Council,  or  commit- 
tee thereof  or  other  officer  of  the  city.  Hie  shall  weekly,  and  of- 
tener  if  required  by  the  Council,  pay  over  to  the  treasurer  all 
moneys  collected  by  him  from  any  source  whatever,  taking  such 
treasurer’s  receipt,  therefor,  which  receipt  he  shall  immediately 
file  with  the  city  clerk ; but  the  city  clerk  shall  at  the  time,  or  on 
demand,  give  such  collector  a copy  of  any  such  receipt  so  filed. 

Section  2.  He  shall  make  a report,  in  writing,  to  the  Coun- 
cil or  any  other  officer  designated  by  the  Council,  of  all  mon- 
eys collected  by  him,  the  account  whereupon  collected,  or  any 
other  matter  in  connection  with  his  office,  when  required  by  the 
Council,  or  by  any  ordinance  of  the  city.  He  shall  also,  an- 
nually, between  the  first  and  tenth  of  April,  file  with  the  clerk 
a statement  of  all  the  moneys  collected  by  him  during  the  year, 
the  particular  warrant,  special  assessment  or  account  on  which 
collected,  the  balance  of  moneys  uncollected  on  all  warrants  in 


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his  hands,  and  the  balance  remaining  uncollected  at  the  time 
of  the  return  on  all  warrants  which  he  shall  have  returned,  dur- 
ing the  preceding  fiscal  year,  to  the  city  clerk.  The  city  clerk 
shall  publish  or  post  the  same,  as  hereinbefore  required  to  he 
done  in  regard  to  the  annual  report  of  the  trasurer. 

Section  3.  The  collector  is  hereby  expressly  prohibited 
from  keeping  the  moneys  of  the  city  in  his  hands,  or  in  the 
hands  of  any  person  or  corporation  to  his  use,  beyond  the  time 
which  may  be  prescribed  for  the  payment  of  the  same  to  the 
treasurer,  and  any  violation  of  this  provision  will  subject  him  to 
immediate  removal  from  office. 

Section  4.  All  the  city  collector’s  papers,  books,  warrants, 
and  vouchers  may  be  examined  at  any  time  by  the  mayor  or 
clerk,  or  any  member  of  the  City  Council  or  other  officer  of  the 
city ; and  the  callector  shall,  every  two  weeks,  or  oftener  if  the 
City  Council  so  direct,  pay  over  all  money  collected  by  him  from 
any  person  or  persons,  or  associations,  to  the  treasurer,  taking 
his  receipt  therefor  in  duplicate,  one  of  which  receipts  he  shall 
at  once  file  in  the  office  of  the  clerk. 

Section  5.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  its  pas- 
sage and  publication. 


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DISORDERLY  CONDUCT 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  acts  of  disorderly  conduct. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  disturb  the  peace,  or  shall  be  guilty  of 
any  violent,  tumultuous,  offensive  or  disorderly  conduct,  or 
shall  use  obscene,  offensive,  profane  or  unseemly  language,  to 
the  annoyance,  disturbance,  or  vexation  of  another,  or  shall  be 
guilty  of  any  conduct  calculated  to  provoke  a breach  of  the 
peace,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  three  dollars,  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars. 

DISTURBING  PElACE  OE  CITY  OR  FAMILY 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  disturbing  of  peace  of  the  city  or 

family. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  disturb  the  peace  and  quiet  of  the  city 
or  any  neighborhood,  family  or  person,  by  loud  and  unusual 
noises,  shouting,  blowing  horns,  yelling,  singing,  whistling,  or 
by  tumultuous  and  offensive  carriage,  or  other  boisterous  and 
unseemly  conduct  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  three  dollars,  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

DISORDERLY  HOUSE 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  keeping  of  disorderly  house  or  en- 
couraging idleness. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  keep  a common,  ill  governed  and  dis- 


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orderly  house,  to  the  encouragement  of  idleness,  gaming,  drink- 
ing, fornication  or  other  misbehavior,  shall  he  fined  not  exceed- 
ing two  hundred  dollars. 

DOG  TAX  COLLECTOR 

AN  ORDINANCE  creating  dog  tax  collector  and  fixing  his  salary  and 

duties 

(Passed  June  1,  1908.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  the  mayor  may  appoint,  by  and  with  the  con- 
sent of  the  City  Council,  an  officer  to  be  known  as  dog  tax  col- 
lector whose  term  of  office  shall  exist  during  the  fiscal  year  in 
which  he  is  appointed.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  offi- 
cer to  collect  dog  tax  as  provided  by  ordinance,  and  to  perform 
all  other  duties  as  may  be  provided  by  ordinances  of  the  city  of 
Paris. 

Section  2.  The  dog  tax  collector  shall  after  his  appoint- 
ment, and  before  entering  on  the  duties  of  his  office,  execute 
bond  for  the  sum  of  $1,000.00  with  good  security,  to  be  approv- 
ed by  the  City  Council,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  perform- 
ance of  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  that  the  sums  collected  by  the 
said  officer  be  properly  accounted  for  to  the  city. 

DOG  TAX 

AN  ORDINANCE  providing  for  taxing  dogs. 

(Passed  June  1,  1908.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  an  annual  tax  of  $1.00  on  each  dog  and  $2.00 
on  each  bitch,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city,  is  hereby 


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declared,  payable  for  each  municipal  year  on  the  first  day  of 
August  of  each  calendar  year,  by  the  owner  or  keeper  of  such 
dog  or  bitch,  to  said  city.  Any  owner  or  keeper  of  such  dog  or 
bitch  who  shall  fail  to  pay  such  tax,  or  kill  or  permanently  re- 
move from  the  corporate  limits  of  such  city  such  dog  or  bitch 
on  or  before  the  time  aforesaid  for  the  payment  of  such  tax,  or 
who  shall  thereafter  refuse  to  surrender  to  the  city  marshal  or 
any  policeman  on  demand,  such  dog  or  bitch  for  the  purpose  of 
being  destroyed,  shall  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00). 
But,  said  penalty  may  be  avoided  before  trial  by  the  payment  of 
said  tax  and  costs  to  date  of  payment. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  dog  tax  collector  an- 
nually before  the  month  of  July,  to  prepare  a complete  list  of 
all  the  dogs  and  bitches  and  the  owners  and  keepers  thereof 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city,  and  he  shall  submit 
said  list  to  the  city  clerk  of  the  city  of  Paris,  The  city  clerk 
shall  furnish  a true  copy  of  said  list  to  the  city  treasurer  before 
the  first  day  of  J uly  of  each  year. 

Section  3.  The  dog  tax  collector  shall  proceed,  as  soon  as 
the  list  is  completed,  to  immediately  demand  and  collect  the  dog 
tax  indicated  on  said  list,  as  far  as  possible,  before  the  first  day 
of  August  of  each  year,  and  deliver  in  lieu  of  a receipt  there- 
for, a metallic  plate  having  the  letters  “0,  P.  T.”  and  the  cal- 
endar year  in  figures,  which  characters  shall  signify  that  the 
said  tax  is  paid  for  the  municipal  year  beginning  in  the  calen- 


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dar  year  indicated.  The  owner  or  keeper  of  any  dog  or  bitch 
upon  which  the  dog  tax  has  been  paid,  as  aforesaid,  shall  affix 
in  a permanent  manner  to  his  or  her  dog  or  bitch  the  metallic 
plate  aforesaid  so  that  the  same  can  readily  be  seen  by  the  offi- 
cers of  said  city.  All  dogs  and  bitches  personally  known  to  the 
city  marshal  as  having  the  dog  tax  paid  thereon  found  running 
at  large  upon  the  streets  and  public  grounds  of  said  city,  with- 
out the  metallic  plate  affixed  as  aforesaid,  are  hereby  declared 
a public  nuisance,  which  may  be  summarily  abated  and  des- 
troyed according  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Section-  4.  The  city  treasurer  shall  purchase  a supply  of 
the  metallic  plates  aforesaid,  and  shall  from  time  to  time  fur- 
nish the  same  to  the  dog  tax  collector,  taking  a receipt  therefor ; 
and  the  dog  tax  collector  shall  account  for  the  manner  of  dis- 
posing of  the  same  whenever  required  by  the  city  treasurer. 

Section  5.  No  dog  or  bitch  shall  be  suffered  to  run  at  large 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city  unless  securely  muzzel- 
ed  when  danger  of  hydrophobia  shall  be  declared  to  exist  by  the 
proclamation  of  the  mayor  of  said  city,  and  any  owner  or  keep- 
er of  such  dog  or  bitch  who  shall  willfully  violate  the  provisions 
of  this  section  shall  be  subject  to  a fine  of  five  dollars  ($5.00). 

Section  6.  No  bitch  while  in  heat  shall  be  suffered  to  run 
at  large  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city,  and  any  owner 
or  keeper  thereof  willfully  violating  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  be  subject  to  a penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
($5.00)  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00). 


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Section  7.  The  city  marshal  shall  cause,  under  his  person- 
al supervision,  all  dogs  or  hitches  living  or  kept  and  found 
running  at  large  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city  upon 
which  no  tax  has  been  paid  by  the  owner  or  keeper  thereof  ac- 
cording to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  to  be  killed  or  sum- 
marily disposed  of.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  apply 
to  the  dogs  and  bitches  of  non-residents  who  have  a permanent 
place  of  business  in  said  city,  but  not  to  the  dogs  or  bitches  of 
such  non-residents  if  they  have  no  such  place  of  business. 

Section  8.  The  following  fee  shall  be  allowed  for  services 
rendered  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  out  of  the  city  treas- 
urer. To  the  dog  tax  collector,  20  per  cent  of  dog  tax  collected ; 
also  50  cents  for  each  dog  or  bitch  killed  and  buried  under  the 
supervision  of  said  city  marshal,  who  shall  verify  his  claim 
against  said  city  for  such  last  named  fee  by  an  affidavit,  stat- 
ing the  time  when  such  dog  or  bitch  was  killed,  and  the  place 
where  same  was  buried.  The  city  trasurer  and  dog  tax  col- 
lector shall  promptly  credit  each  person  on  their  respective  lists 
who  shall  have  paid  their  dog  tax  aforesaid. 

DRAYS 

AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  drays. 

(Passed  Jan.  1,  1912) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  drayman  to  leave 
his  team  at  any  place  on  the  business  streets  of  the  city  of 


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Paris  other  than  at  such  places  as  the  City  Council  may  desig- 
nate as  stands  for  such  drays;  provided,  that  nothing  in  this 
section  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  draymen  from  stopping 
in  front  of  business  houses  for  the  purpose  of  loading  and  un- 
loading goods. 

Section  2.  Any  one  violating  the  first  section  of  this  ordi- 
nance sKall,  on  conviction,  he  fined  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor 
more  than  ten  dollars  and  costs  of  suit. 

DRUNKENNESS 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  drunkenness  in  certain  places. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Whoever  shall  be  drunk  or  shall  he  in  a state  of  in- 
toxication in  any  public  place,  or  in  any  private  house  or 
place,  to  the  annoyance  of  any  person,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  two  dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

DRIVING  ON  WALK 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  driving  or  riding  on  sidewalks,  etc. 

(Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  That  every  person  who  shall  ride,  drive,  or  lead  any 
horse,  mare,  mule,  ass,  ox,  or  drive  any  carriage,  wagon,  dray, 
cart,  vehicle,  motor  bicycle,  or  motor  vehicle,  on  or  across  any 
paved  sidewalk,  or  any  sidewalk  that  shall  have  been  improved 


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by  curbing  or  graveling,  or  otherwise,  at  individual  or  public  ex- 
pense, or  on  or  over  any  unfinished  pavement  or  sidewalk  pre- 
pared for  paving  while  the  work  is  in  progress,  within  the  city 
of  Paris,  shall  on  conviction  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  any  sum 
not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars  ($25.00)  and  costs. 

DRUNK  WHEN  ARRESTED,— PROCEDURE 

AN  ORDINANCE  providing  when  any  person  is  drunk  when  arrested 
is  to  be  taken  to  police  headquarters  before  trial  to  sober  up. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whenever  any  person  arrested  for  an  offense  shall,  at 
the  time  of  his  arrest,  be  drunk  or  intoxicated,  the  officer  mak- 
ing the  arrest,  shall  take  such  person  to  the  police  headquarters 
and  confine  him  in  the  calaboose  until  he  shall  become  sober, 
and  he  shall  then  be  taken  before  the  police  magistrate  for  trial, 
as  provided  in  other  cases. 

EARTH— REMOVING  FROM  STREET 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  hauling  earth  from  streets,  only  in 

cleaning  up. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons, 
to  remove  any  earth,  sand  or  gravel  from  any  of  the  streets 
or  alleys  of  said  city,  except  merely  for  the  purpose  of  cleaning 
said  streets  and  alleys.  Any  person  violating  this  section,  shall 
be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  one  dollar  ($1.00)  nor  more 
than  twenty  dollars  ($20.00). 


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ELECTRICAL  INSPECTOR 


ELECTRICAL  INSPECTOR 

AN  ORDINANCE  creating  the  office  of  electrical  inspector. 

(Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  The  mayor  is  hereby  authorized  to  appoint  some  com- 
petent person  as  electrical  inspector  in  and  for  the  city  of  Paris 
by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  Council,  if  no  electrical  inspector 
is  appointed  then  the  city  engineer  shall  perform  the  duties  of 
electrical  inspector  under  this  ordinance. 

Section  2.  The  electrical  inspector  for  the  city  of  Paris  is 
hereby  authorized,  and  empowered  and  directed  to  regulate  and 
determine  the  placing  of  electric  light  and  power  wires  in  and 
on  buildings  in  said  city  so  as  to  prevent  fires,  accident  or  in- 
jury to  persons  or  property,  and  to  cause  all  electrical  ap- 
pliances to  be  so  placed,  constructed  and  guarded,  as  not  to 
cause  fires  or  accidents  or  endanger  life  or  property ; and  when- 
ever in  the  judgment  of  said  electrical  inspector  any  electric 
light  wire  or  appliance  shall  be  defective  by  reason  of  improper 
or  sufficient  insulation  or  for  any  other  cause  the  said  electri- 
cal inspector  shall  at  once  cause  the  immediate  removal  of  such 
defects. 

Section  3.  The  said  electrical  inspector,  or  other  compe- 
tent person  delegated  by  him,  shall  have  the  right  and  power 
at  any  time  to  enter  any  building,  man-hole  or  subway,  in  the 
discharge  of  his  official  duties,  or  for  the  purpose  of  making  any 


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tests  of  the  electrical  apparatus  or  appliances  therein  contain- 
ed. And  for  that  purpose  he  shall  be  given  prompt  access  to 
all  buildings,  public  and  private,  to  all  man-holes  and  subways, 
on  application  to  the  company  or  individual  owning  or  in 
charge  or  control  of  the  same. 

Section  4.  The  said  electrical  inspector,  or  competent  per- 
son delegated  by  him,  shall  also  have  the  power  to  cause  the  re- 
moval of  all  wires  or  the  turning  off  of  all  currents,  where  the 
circuits  interfere  with  the  work  of  the  fire  department. 

Section  5.  No  alteration  or  change  shall  be  made  in  the 
wiring  of  any  building,  nor  shall  any  building  be  wired  for  the 
placing  of  electric  lights,  motors  or  heating  devices,  without 
first  securing  from  said  electrical  inspector,  or  competent  per- 
son delegated  by  him,  a permit  therefor,  nor  shall  any  change 
be  made  in  any  electric  plant  after  inspection  without  notifying 
the  said  electrical  inspector,  or  competent  person  delegated  by 
him,  and  securing  a permit  therefor.  Upon  the  completion  of 
the  wiring  of  any  building,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  company, 
firm  or  individual  doing  the  same,  to  notify  the  said  electrical 
inspector  or  competent  person  delegated  by  him,  who  shall  at 
once  inspect  the  same,  and  if  improved  by  him  shall  issue  a cer- 
tificate of  satisfactory  inspection  which  shall  contain  the  date 
of  such  inspection  and  an  outline  of  the  result  of  such  exami- 
nation ; but  no  such  certificate  shall  be  issued  unless  the  electric 
light,  power  or  heating  installation  and  all  apparatus,  wires, 
etc.,  connected  with  it,  shall  be  in  strict  conformity  with  the 


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rules  and  regulations  hereinafter  set  forth ; nor  shall  current  he 
turned  on  such  installation  until  said  certificate  be  issued. 

Section  6.  Any  person,  firm  or  company  who  shall  violate 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  or  fail,  neglect  or  re- 
fuse to  comply  with  the  rules  and  provisions  of  this  ordinance, 
or  who  shall  fail,  neglect  or  refuse  to  comply  with  any  order  or 
request  of  the  said  electrical  inspector,  or  competent  person  de- 
legated by  him,  in  pursuance  of  and  by  the  authority  of  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  or  the  rules  therein  con- 
tained, shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  con- 
viction thereof  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  one  hundred  dol- 
lars ($100.00). 

Section  7.  All  electrical  construction,  all  material  and  all 
appliances  used  in  connection  with  electrical  work,  and  the 
operation  of  all  electrical  apparatus,  shall  be  in  conformity  with 
the  rules  and  regulations  set  down  in  what  is  known  as  the 
“National  Electrical  Code  of  1897,”  as  the  same  are  now  es- 
tablished, and  the  said  rules  and  regulations  are  hereby  adopt- 
ed and  approved. 

ELECTRIC  LIGHT  LAMPS,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting1  persons  molesting  electric  light 

poles,  etc. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Every  person  who  shall  in  any  manner  interfere 
with  any  public  lamp  pole,  wire  or  tower,  or  any  appurtances 


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thereunto  belonging,  or  shall  climb  any  light  or  water  tower, 
or  paste  or  otherwise  attach  any  advertisement  thereto,  or  break 
or  destroy  any  lamp  or  globe,  or  in  any  manner  interfere  with 
the  lighting  of  the  city,  or  hinder  or  delay  the  same,  shall  be  fin- 
ed not  less  than  twenty  dollars  ($20.00)  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars  ($50.00)  for  each  offense. 

(One-half  of  any  fine  under  the  preceding  section  shall  be 
paid  to  the  person  filing  the  complaint,  payable  when  the  fine 
is  collected.) 

ENGINES— TRACTION,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  traction  engines  on  pavements. 

(Passed  Sept.  13,  1903.) 

Section'  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  man- 
aging or  controlling  any  traction  engine  within  the  limits  of 
the  city  of  Paris,  to  drive,  propel  or  run  any  traction  engine 
over  any  brick  paved  street  in  the  city  limits  of  Paris.  Any 
person  or  persons  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall, 
on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five 
dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  ($200.00). 
Provided , However,  that  it  shall  not  be  unlawful  for  any  per- 
son managing  or  controlling  any  traction  engine  to  cross  any 
pavement  in  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris,  when  the  same  is 
planked. 


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EXCAVATIONS 


EXCAVATIONS 

AN  ORDINANCE  governing  excavations  in  streets  and  alleys. 

(Passed  Aug.  4,  1902.  Approved  Aug.  5,  1902.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Paris , That  any  person  desiring  to  excavate  any  portion  of 
any  of  the  streets  and  alleys  of  this  city  for  the  purpose  of  lay- 
ing tile,  hot  water  pipes,  water  services,  gas  pipes,  etc.,  shall  first 
make  written  application  to  the  city  engineer  and  obtain  written 
permission  from  him,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  City  Coun- 
cil, before  proceeding  with  the  same. 

Section  2.  That  any  person  or  corporation  in  the  city  of  Par- 
is receiving  a permit  or  permission  to  excavate  for  a line  of  tile  or 
piping  of  any  description,  in  any  of  the  streets  and  alleys  in  the 
said  city  shall,  when  tearing  up  for  the  same  perserve  whatever 
material  that  street  or  alley  has  been  surfaced  with,  if  same  can 
be  preserved.  If  not  then  they  shall  resurface  the  street  or 
alley  with  as  good  material  after  the  ditch  or  trench  has  been 
filled. 

Section  3.  When  a paved  street  or  alley  shall  be  torn  up  a 
deposit  of  cash  or  certified  check  for  sufficient  money  to  refill  the 
trench  and  replace  the  pavement  in  as  good  a condition  as  before  it 
was  disturbed,  shall  be  deposited  with  the  city  clerk  or  city 
treasurer.  The  amount  of  such  money  shall  be  designated  by 
the  city  engineer. 

Section  4.  In  filling  the  ditches  on  improved  streets  or  alleys 
the  dirt  shall'be  tamped  back  in  layers  not  over  six  inches,  or  shall 


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be  thoroughly  settled  with  water  in  such  a manner  as  not  to  leave 
ridge  or  depression  which  shall  in  any  way  be  an  impediment 
to  traffic  in  the  street  or  alley. 

Section  5.  On  paved  streets  or  alleys  special  material  shall 
be  used  for  filling  the  ditch  or  trench,  such  material  to  be  sub- 
ject to  the  approval  of  the  city  engineer. 

Section  6.  If  such  ditches  or  trenches  shall  sink  or  settle 
within  one  year  after  being  so  replaced,  in  any  manner,  and  are 
not  immediately  repaired  by  the  party  excavating  the  same,  up- 
on the  notification  that  such  needs  repairs  to  the  street  and  alley 
committee  or  the  city  engineer,  the  person  who  has  received  per- 
mission to  open  such  ditch  or  trench  shall  be  guilty  of  a mis- 
demeanor and  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  two  dollars 
($2.00)  and  not  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  ($25.00)  for  each 
and  every  day  such  ditch  is  left  in  said  condition. 

Section  7.  Tthe  person  who  has  received  permission  to  open 
any  of  the  streets  and  alleys,  as  above  designated,  shall  be  liable 
in  all  cases  for  all  damages  incurred  by  reason  of  the  same. 

EXCAVATION  IN  STREETS,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  providing  that  lanterns  be  placed  where  excavat- 
ing is  being  done  on  streets,  etc. 

(Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Any  excavation  made  within  the  city  limits,  near 
to,  or  adjoining  any  street,  alley,  or  sidewalk,  by  any  person  or 
persons,  shall  be  marked  by  a lantern  or  lanterns,  by  the  person 
or  persons  doing  the  excavating,  placed,  during  each  night  of  the 


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existence  of  such  excavation,  at  the  point  or  points  where  such 
excavation  approaches  the  nearest  to  the  street,  or  sidewalk; 
which  lantern  or  lanterns  shall  he  lighted  at  dark  and  kept 
burning  until  daylight  and  give  such  light  as  to  indicate  the 
locality  of  such  excavation. 

Section'  2.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  Section  1 of 
this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars 
($200.00). 


EXPECTORATE 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  spitting  on  sidewalks. 

(Passed  June  4,  4901. ) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  it  shall  hereafter  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
to  spit  or  expectorate  upon  any  sidewalk,  on  the.  public  square, 
or  on  any  sidewalk  of  any  street  of  said  city  of  Paris,  or  on 
steps  or  entrances  or  to  stairways  on  any  of  said  streets  in  the 
city  of  Paris. 

Section  2.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  two  dollars 
($2.00)  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  ($10.00. 

EXPLODING  CAPS,  FIRE  CRACKERS,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  prevent  persons  from  exploding  toy  pistols 
crackers  or  other  compounds. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.  Amended  June  14,  1905.  Approved  June  16,  1905. 
Amended  June  16,  1905.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  use 


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or  explode  any  cannon  fire  cracker,  or  any  kind  of  toy  pistol, 
explosive  cane,  toy  cannon  or  other  device  intended  to  explode 
a cap,  cartridge,  wafer  or  any  other  kind  of  an  explosixe  com- 
pound. Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion shall  he  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars  ($50.00)  for  each  and  every  offence. 


FALSELY  REPRESENTING,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  fixing  a penalty  for  anyone  falsely  representing 
himself  to  be  an  officer  of  the  city  of  Paris. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Whoever  shall  falsely  represent  himself  to  be  an  of- 
ficer of  this  city,  or  shall  without  authority  exercise  or  attempt 
to  exercise  any  of  the  powers,  duties  or  functions  of  any  city 
officer,  shall  be  subject  to  a penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars 
($5.00)  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00)  for 
each  offense. 

EAST  DRIVING 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  immoderate  driving  of  animals  in  the 

city  of  Paris. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Whoever  shall  run,  race  or  immoderately  ride  or 
drive  any  horse,  mule  or  other  animal  or  any  team  in  any 
street  or  alley  of  said  city,  or  whoever  shall  willfully  or  heed- 


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lessly  drive  such  animal  so  that  such  animal  or  any  vehicle  at- 
tached thereto  shall  come  into  collision  with  any  other  animal  or 
vehicle,  or  shall  strike  any  person,  shall  he  fined  not  less  than 
three  dollars  ($3.00),  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars 
($100.00.) 

FALSE  ALARM  OF  FIRE— CRY  FOR  ASSISTANCE 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  persons  from  giving  false  alarm  of  fire. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  knowingly  make  or  give  a false  alarm 
of  fire,  or  any  false  cry  for  assistance,  shall  he  fined  not  less 
than  three  dollars  ($3.00),  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars 
($100.00). 


FIRE  BALLS 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  throwing  of  fire  balls  or  any  sub- 
stance saturated  with  oil. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Any  person  who  shall  throw  any  fire  ball,  or  ball 
saturated  with  turpentine,  or  other  inflamable  substance,  with- 
in the  city  of  Paris,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in 
any  sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  ($10.00). 


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.AN  ORDINANCE  designating  who  may  take  water  from  fire  hydrant. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
■of  Paris,  Whoever  shall,  unless  authorized  by  the  water  works 
board,  the  chief  of  the  fire  department,  or  the  mayor  of  the  city, 
take  water  from  any  public  fire  plug  or  hydrant,  or  shall  re- 
move the  cover  from  the  same,  or  place  any  earth  or  other  ma- 
terial in  any  such  fire  plug  or  hydrant,  or  in  the  box  or  append* 
dage  thereto,  or  shall  in  any  other  manner  interfere  with  or  in* 
jure  the  same,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  three  dollars  ($3.00) 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00). 

(This  section  not  to  apply  to  the  legitimate  use  of  such  fire 
plugs  or  hydrants  by  any  fire  company  of  said  city.) 

FIRE  ORDINANCE 

AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  buildings  and1  fire  escapes. 

(Passed  March  7,  1904.  Approved  March  8,  1904.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
•of  Paris,  That  all  buildings  in  the  city  of  Paris  used  for  pub- 
lic purposes  shall  face  upon  two  open  spaces,  of  which  at  least 
•one  shall  be  a public  street,  while  the  other,  if  not  a street  must 
he  a public  or  private  alley  not  less  than  ten  feet  in  width. 

Section  2.  All  buildings  of  three  stories  or  more  shall  be 
provided  and  equipped  with  one  or  more  cast  iron,  wrought 
iron  or  steel  out  side  stairway  fire  escapes,  not  less  than  three 


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feet  in  width,  with  hand  rail,  connected  with  an  exit  from  said 
building  communicating  directly  with  some  hall  or  passage  way 
on  each  floor  above  the  second  floor,  said  hall  or  passage  way  to 
be  not  less  than  four  feet  in  width  and  easily  accessible  from 
all  apartment  on  that  floor.  Said  fire  escapes  shall  be  firmly 
secured  to  the  outer  walls,  and  in  such  locations  as  shall  be 
satisfactory  to  the  fire  committee  of  the  city  of  Paris,  and  shall 
be  inspected  after  completion,  and  if  found  in  a perfectly  safe,, 
satisfactory  condition,  a certificate  shall  be  issued  by  the  chair- 
man of  the  fire  committee  of  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of 
Paris  to  that  effect. 

Section  3.  In  all  public  buildings  having  a stage,  the 
said  buildings  shall  be  equipped  with  a hydrant  or  other  suit- 
able water  connections  on  stage  floor  in  convenient  place,  with 
trwo  inch  hose  attached  at  all  times,  ready  for  use,  sufficient  to 
reach  all  parts  of  the  stage ; said  water  connection  and  hose  to 
be  satisfactory  to  the  fire  committee  of  the  city  of  Paris  and 
shall  be  inspected  after  completion  and  if  found  in  a perfectly 
safe  and  satisfactory  condition  a certificate  shall  be  issued  by 
the  chairman  of  the  fire  committee  of  the  City  Council  of  the 
city  of  Paris  to  that  effect. 

Section  4.  All  public  puildings  having  a stage  hall  shall 
be  provided  with  a ventilator,  or  trap  door,  in  the  roof  of  said 
stage,  that  can  be  opened  easily  in  case  of  fire  said  ventilator 
to  be  approved  by  the  fire  committee  and  if  satisfactory,  a cer- 


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tificate  shall  be  issued  by  the  chairman  of  the  fire  committee 
that  such  ventilator  is  good  and  sufficient. 

Section  5.  In  all  public  buildings  having  a stage  and  a 
balcony,  or  balconies,  each  balcony  must  be  provided  with  one 
or  more  exits  in  addition  to  general  entrances,  opening  directly 
upon  fire  escapes  without  any  intervening  passage  or  hallway, 
as  provided  in  Section  2 of  this  ordinance,  leading  directly  to  a 
stage  or  alley,  and  each  fire  escape  must  lead  directly  to  the 
street  or  alley  from  each  balcony. 

Section  6.  All  exits  in  all  public  buildings  shall  be  left  un- 
locked and  in  such  condition  as  to  be  easily  opened  during  all 
public  performances,  meetings  or  assemblies. 

Section  7.  All  exits  in  all  public  buildings  shall  have  the 
word  “Exit”,  in  letters  at  least  six  inches  high,  applied  to  the 
auditorum  side  of  every  exit. 

Section  8.  In  all  public  puildings  used  for  hotel  purposes 
and  lodging  houses,  the  same,  if  three  stories  high  shall  be  pro- 
vided with  one  or  more  metallic  water  standpipes,  firmly 
secured  to  the  inner  side  of  outer  walls,  and  in  such  locations 
and  numbers  as  shall  be  satisfactory  to  the  fire  committee  of 
the  city  of  Paris ; and  two  inch  hose  attached  on  each  floor  suf- 
ficient and  ready  for  use  at  all  times  to  reach  all  parts  of  the 
building  on  that  floor. 

Section  9.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  on  conviction  thereof  in  any 
court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not 


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less  than  five  dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dol- 
lars ($200.00)  and  pay  the  costs  of  prosecution. 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT,  FIRE  LIMITS 

AN  ORDINANCE  for  the  better  regulation  of  the  fire  department. 

(Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Paris,  That  the  fire  department  of  the  city  of  Paris  shall 
consist  of  the  mayor,  members  of  the  City  Council,  a chief,  and 
such  firemen  as  may  be  appointed  by  the  mayor  and  approved  by 
the  City  Council. 

Section  2.  The  chief  of  the  fire  department  shall  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  mayor.  Subject  to  the  approval  of  the  City 
Council,  he  shall  have  charge  of  the  fire  hall,  hose  house, 
hydrants,  and  all  fire  apparatus  of  the  city,  and  shall  see  that 
the  same  are  kept  in  good  repair  and  always  ready  for  service; 
and  shall  be  present  at  all  fires  in  the  city,  and  shall  have  com- 
mand and  shall  direct  all  firemen  at  all  fires,  and  shall  be  the 
commanding  officer  of  the  fire  department  of  the  city  subject 
only  to  the  mayor,  the  fire  committee  or  the  City  Council  in 
session.  He  shall  devote  his  whole  time  to  the  discharge  of  his 
duties  and  shall  assign  to  all  firemen  their  respective  duties 
and  hours  of  duty,  and  shall  see  that  they  are  on  duty  during 
the  whole  time  of  their  watch.  Hie  shall  have  the  powers  of  the 
police  officer  and  shall  be  commissioned  as  such.  He  shall  re- 
ceive a salary  of  $55.00  per  month  and  other  firemen  shall  re- 
ceive $50.00  per  month  each. 


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The  chief  of  the  fire  department  shall  execute  a bond 
with  surety  in  the  penal  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars  ($2000.00) 
to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council,  conditionally  for  the  faith- 
ful performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office  according  to  the  laws 
and  ordinances  of  said  city. 

Section  3.  The  mayor  shall  have  the  power  to  suspend  the 
chief  of  the  fire  department  for  good  and  sufficient  reasons  and 
the  mayor  shall  appoint  some  person  possessing  the  necessary 
qualifications  to  fill  the  position  until  the  next  regular  meeting 
thereafter  of  the  City  Council,  when  the  mayor  shall  report 
the  fact  of  such  suspension  and  the  reason  therefor,  to  the  City 
Council,  whereupon  the  City  Council  may,  in  its  discretion,  de- 
clare the  office  vacant  in  which  case  the  mayor  shall  appoint 
another  chief,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  City  Council.  The 
first  chief  shall  be  appointed  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the 
passage  of  ordinance  and  annually  thereafter  at  the  commence- 
ment of  the  municipal  year. 

Section  4.  The  said  fire  department  shall  keep  and  attend 
to  one  or  more  horses  or  teams  of  horses  and  such  wagons  and 
carts  as  shall  be  provided  for  the  use  of  said  fire  department. 
One  member  of  said  fire  department  shall  be  known  as  the  chief 
driver  to  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  whose  duties  shall  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  chief  of  the  fire  department.  The  salary  of 
said  chief  driver  shall  be  forty-five  dollars  ($45.00)  per  month, 
payable  monthly.  The  City  Council  may  authorize  the  mayor 
to  appoint  such  a number  of  additional  drivers  from  time  to 


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time  as  may  be  necessary.  The  salary  of  each  of  said  addition- 
al drivers  shall  he  the  sum  of  forty  dollars  ($40.00)  per 
month,  payable  monthly.  They  shall  have  the  powers  of  police 
officers  and  be  commissioned  as  such.  The  fire  department  wa- 
gons and  carts  shall  have  the  right  of  way  on  all  avenues,  streets 
and  alleys  in  the  city  going  to  a fire. 

Section-  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Council  to 
divide  the  city  into  suitable  fire  districts  and  to  cause  a map 
thereof  to  be  made,  designating  the  boundaries  thereof  and  the 
location  of  hydrants,  hose  reels  and  other  fire  apparatus. 

Section  6.  So  many  volunteer  hose  companies  and  hook 
and  ladder  companies  shall  be  organized  and  maintained  in  each 
of  the  aforesaid  districts  as  may  be  approved  by  the  City 
Council.  Each  of  said  companies  shall  consist  of  eight  men  of 
good  moral  character  and  qualified  for  the  duties  of  firemen, 
such  men  shall  be  enrolled  as  companies  under  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  may  be  adopted  by  the  Council  as  hereinafter 
provided. 

Section  7.  The  officers  of  all  hose  and  hook  and  ladder 
companies  shall  consist  of  a foreman,  who  shall  be  commanding 
officer  of  the  company  and  a first  and  second  assistant  foreman, 
who  shall  be  men  elected  by  the  men  of  the  respective  com- 
panies, subject  to  the  satisfaction  and  approval  of  the  City 
Council  and  shall  be  commissioned  by  the  mayor  on  taking  the 
oath  of  office. 


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Section  8.  When  the  officers  elected  by  any  company  as 
aforesaid  are  not  approved  by  the  City  Council,  then  such  com- 
pany shall  within  one  week  after  the  rejection  of  such  officer 
or  officers,  elect  another  officer  or  officers  in  place  of  those  re- 
jected. In  default  of  the  election  last  aforesaid,  or  in  case  the 
officer  or  officers  so  elected  are  not  approved  by  the  City  Council, 
or  if  for  any  other  reason,  the  said  company  fail  to  elect 
any  such  officer  or  officers  acceptable  to  the  City  Council,  then 
said  fire  committee  shall  nominate  and  appoint  such  officer  or 
officers.  All  such  officers  shall  hold  their  commissions  for  and 
during  the  municipal  year,  subject  to  revocation  by  the  mayor 
for  incompetency  or  neglect  of  duty. 

Section  9.  When  any  company  is  organized  a list  of  the 
officers  and  men  enrolled  shall  be  reported  to  the  fire  commit- 
tee and  such  company  shall  be  accepted  by  the  fire  committee 
before  such  company  shall  have  the  custody  for  use  of  any  fire 
apparatus  belonging  to  the  city.  When  such  company  is  ac- 
cepted, such  list  shall  be  filed  with  the  city  clerk  and  the  city 
clerk  together  with  the  chief  of  the  fire  department  shall  issue 
certificates  of  membership  to  the  men  enrolled. 

Section  10.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  on  and  after 
July  20th,  1899,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  and  all 
hose  companies  and  hook  and  ladder  companies  now  organized 
shall  be  disbanded  on  said  date  and  new  companies  may  proceed 
to  organize  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  as  soon  after 


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the  passage  thereof  as  they  desire,  and  all  ordinances  in  conflict 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  11.  Ainy  person  who  shall  unlawfully  remove  any 
implement  or  apparatus  for  extinguishing  or  preventing  the 
spread  of  fire,  or  any  part  or  parcel  thereof  from  the  proper 
place  of  safe  keeping,  or  any  person  who  shall  obstruct,  delay 
or  hinder  the  lawful  use  thereof,  shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  in 
any  sum  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dollars  ($25.00). 

Section  12.  All  of  that  part  of  the  said  city  embraced 
within  the  following  described  boundaries,  is  hereby  fixed  and 
established  as  the  fire  limits  of  said  city,  viz. : Commencing  at 
the  intersection  of  Andrew  street  and  Sheriff  (formerly  Wil- 
liam) street  on  the  north  line  of  Andrew  street,  thence  due  east 
to  Water  street  north  of  the  C.  C.  C.  & St.  L.  R.  R.,  thence 
due  south  to  the  alley  between  Washington  and  Madison  streets,, 
thence  west  along  said  alley  to  a point  due  south  from  the  place 
to  beginning,  thence  due  North  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

Section  13.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,, 
by  himself  or  another,  to  erect,  place  or  repair  any  wooden 
building  on  any  lot,  tract  or  parcel  of  land  within  said  fire  lim- 
its, or  within  150  feet  outside  of  the  exterior  lines  thereof.  No 
wooden  building  shall  be  removed  from  any  part  of  the  city, 
whether  the  same  is  within  or  without  the  said  fire  limits,  to  any 
place  within  said  fire  limits. 

Section  14.  The  term  “wooden  building”  used  in  the  pre- 
ceding section,  shall  be  understood  to  embrace  and  mean  all 


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buildings,  tenments,  houses,  stables,  outhouses,  sheds  and  struc- 
tures of  every  description,  having  a ground  plan  covering  over 
fifty  square  feet  of  surface,  the  outer  walls  of  which  are  in  whole 
or  in  part  constructed  or  built  of  wood,  and  that  all  sheds  or  oth- 
er structures,  the  roofs  of  which  shall  be  supported  directly  or 
indirectly  by  wooden  posts  or  other  fixtures  made  in  whole  or 
in  part  of  wood,  whether  the  same  are  inclosed  or  not,  are  here- 
by declared  to  be  within  the  meaning  of  the  term  “wooden  build- 
ing” as  used  in  this  ordinance. 

Section  15.  Any  wooden  building  which  may  be  erected, 
placed  or  repaired  within  said  fire  limits  contrary  to  the  provi- 
sions of  this  ordinance  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a nuisance,  and 
is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  mayor  to  notify  in  writing  the 
owner,  occupant  or  builder  of  any  wooden  building  erected,  plac- 
ed or.  repaired  within  said  fire  limits,  contrary  to  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance,  to  abate  such  nuisance  within  forty- 
eight  hours  from  the  service  of  such  notice,  and  in  case  such 
owner,  occupant  or  builder  shall  fail  to  abate  such  nuisance 
within  the  time  specified  in  such  notice,  it  is  hereby  made  the 
further  duty  of  the  mayor  to  cause  such  nuisance  to  be  abated 
by  razing  such  wooden  building  to  the  ground. 

Section  16.  When  any  wooden  building  within  said  fire 
limits  shall  have  been  damaged  by  fire,  decay  or  otherwise,  to 
the  extent  of  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  original  value  of  the  same, 
such  building  shall  be  torn  down  or  removed  beyond  said  fire 


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limits,  after  the  extent  of  damages  thereto  caused  as  afore- 
said has  been  ascertained  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided. 

Section  17.  Whenever  any  member  of  the  City  Council, 
policeman,  member  of  the  fire  department,  city  attorney  or 
citizen  shall  make  complaint  in  writing  to  the  police  magistrate, 
that  any  wooden  building  within  such  fire  limits  has  been  dam- 
aged by  fire,  decay  or  otherwise,  to  the  extent  of  fifty  per  cent, 
of  its  original  value,  describing  the  property  and  giving  the 
owner’s  name,  such  magistrate  shall  issue  a notice  to  such  own- 
er, embodying  the  substance  of  such  complaint,  commanding 
such  owner  to  appear  before  such  magistrate  at  a time  therein 
specified,  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  ten  days  from  the 
date  of  such  notice,  and  at  the  time  and  place  fixed  in  such 
notice,  provided  that  the  return  of  such  notice  shall  show 
that  such  owner  had  been  served  with  such  notice  by  reading  or 
by  leaving  a copy  at  the  residence  of  such  owner  three  days  be- 
fore the  time  fixed  for  the  hearing.  Such  police  magistrate 
shall  empanel  a jury  of  twelve  disinterested  free  holders  of  the 
city,  who,  after  being  duly  sworn,  fairly  and  impartially,  to 
ascertain  if  the  building  in  issue  shall  have  been  damaged  by 
fire,  decay  or  otherwise,  to  the  extent  of  fifty  per  cent,  of  its 
original  value,  shall  hear  the  evidence  and  view  the  building 
at  issue  and  bring  in  a verdict  according  to  the  facts  and  evi- 
dence, and  in  case  the  jury  find  a verdict  that  such  building  has 
been  damaged  by  fire,  decay  or  otherwise,  the  police  magistrate 
shall  record  a judgment  and  direct  such  owner  to  remove  from 


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the  fire  limits  aforesaid,  or  tear  down  such  building  within 
thirty  days  from  the  entry  of  such  order;  and  that  in  case 
of  the  default  of  such  owner  in  removing  or  tearing  down  such 
building  within  the  said  thirty  days,  that  the  city  marshal  shall 
remove  or  tear  down  such  building.  The  cost  or  expense  of  such 
removal  or  tearing  down,  shall  be  charged  to  such  owner,  and 
if  not  paid  by  such  owner,  the  same  shall  be  collected  by  suit  in 
the  name  of  said  city  against  such  owner.  At  the  empaneling 
of  such  jury,  the  said  owner  and  the  prosecution,  shall  have  the 
right  to  three  pre-emptory  challenges  each,  and  to  challenge 
any  juror  for  prejudice,  interest  or  any  other  just  cause.  In 
case  the  owner  of  any  such  building  shall  be  a non-resident  of 
this  county,  it  shall  be  sufficient  to  serve  the  notice  hereinbefore 
provided  for,  upon  the  tenant  or  the  person  in  possession  of 
said  building,  by  delivering  a true  copy  of  such  notice  to  him 
or  her,  not  less  than  seven  days  before  the  day  set  for  each 
hearing. 

Section-  18.  Whenever  any  building  has  been  ordered  to  be 
torn  down  or  removed  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
Sections  15,  16  and  17  of  this  ordinance,  and  the  owner  there- 
of refuses,  neglects  or  fails  to  tear  down  or  remove  the  same 
within  thirty  days  from  the  date  of  the  order  upon  the  docket 
of  the  magistrate,  then  such  person  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
twenty  dollars  ($20.00)  for  each  and  every  day  or  part  of  a day 
that  such  owner  may  permit  or  suffer  such  building  to  remain 
after  the  expiration  of  the  time  within  which  such  building  was 
ordered  and  adjudged  to  be  torn  down  or  removed. 


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Section  19.  Any  owner,  builder,  or  other  person  who  shall 
own,  build  or  aid  in  the  erection  of  any  building  or  part  of 
building  within  said  fire  limits  contrary  to,  or  in  any  other 
manner  than  that  authorized  by  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance, 
or  who  shall  remove  or  assist  in  removing,  any  wooden  build- 
ing within  said  limits  from  one  place  to  another  place  there- 
in, or  who  shall  remove  or  assist  in  removing  any  such  build- 
ing from  without  said  fire  limits  into  the  same,  or  repair  or 
assist  in  repairing  any  damaged  building  contrary  in  either 
case  to  any  provisions  in  this  ordinance,  shall  be  subject  to  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  ($20.00)  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  ($200.00)  for  each  offense,  and  to  a like  fine  for  every 
forty-eight  hours  such  person  shall  fail  to  comply  with 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  or  continue  in  violation  there- 
of. 


FOOD  STUFFS 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  stale  goods  on  streets. 

(Passed  June  7,  1909.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
to  place,  deposit,  or  leave,  or  cause  to  be  placed,  deposited,  or 
left  on  any  sidewalk,  alley,  or  street,  within  the  corporate  lim- 
its of  the  city  of  Paris,  any  peaches,  oranges,  bananas,  grapes, 
tomatoes,  cabbages,  melons,  or  any  fruits,  vegetables,  meats,  or 
eatables  of  any  description  whatsoever,  and  suffer  the  same  to 


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remain  thereon  for  a longer  period  of  time  than  five  (5)  hours, 
after  having  been  notified  by  the  city  marshal  to  remove  the 
same.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  of  the  provisions 
any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  ($5.00)  and  not  exceeding 
fifty  dollars  ($50.00). 

FOREIGN  INSURANCE 

AN  ORDINANCE  for  taxing  and  licensing  foreign  insurance  companies. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , All  corporations,  companies  and  associations  not  in- 
corporated under  the  laws  of  this  state,  and  which  are  engaged 
in  this  city  in  effecting  and  soliciting  fire  insurance,  shall  pay 
to  the  treasurer  of  the  city  of  Paris,  on  July  15,  1900,  and  an- 
nually thereafter  upon  the  fifteenth  day  of  July  of  each  and 
every  year  following,  a sum  equal  to  two  per  cent,  of  the  gross 
receipts  of  premiums  received  by  such  corporations,  companies, 
or  associations,  or  their  agency  or  agents,  for  business  effected 
or  transacted  for  fire  insurance  within  the  city  of  Paris,  for  the 
year  ending  July  1st,  preceding  said  dates.  The  sum  above 
named  shall  be  as  a tax  or  license  fee  upon  all  such  corporations, 
companies  or  associations  transacting  said  business  within  the 
said  city  of  Paris. 

Section  2.  Every  person  acting  as  agent  or  otherwise,  for, 
or  upon  behalf  of  any  such  corporation,  company  or  associa- 
tion shall  on  or  before  the  15th  day  of  July,  1900  and  the  15th 


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day  of  July  of  each  and  every  year  thereafter,  render  to  the 
city  clerk  of  the  city  of  Paris,  a full,  true  and  just  account, 
verified  by  oath,  of  all  the  premiums  which  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  1st  day  of  July,  A.  D.,  1900,  and  the  1st  day 
of  July  of  each  and  every  year  thereafter,  shall  have  been  re- 
ceived by  him,  or  any  other  person  for  him,  in  behalf  of  any 
such  corporation,  company  or  association,  and  shall  fully  and 
specifically  set  out  in  such  report,  the  amount  or  amounts  re- 
ceived as  premiums  for  fire  insurance. 

Section  3.  The  said  agent  shall  also,  at  the  time  of  making 
out  the  above  mentioned  report,  pay  to  the  city  treasurer  of  the 
city  of  Paris,  the  said  sum  of  two  per  cent,  upon  the  gross  re- 
ceipts of  such  corporation,  company  or  association,  obtained  as 
premiums  for  effecting  fire  insurance  in  the  city  of  Paris,  as 
specified  in  Section  1 of  this  ordinance. 

Section  4.  If  such  account  be  not  rendered  on  or  before 
the  day  herein  designated  for  that  purpose,  or  if  the  above 
mentioned  rates  for  the  said  tax  or  license  fee  shall  remain  un- 
paid after  that  day,  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  such  corporation, 
company  or  association  to  transact  any  business  of  fire  insur- 
ance in  the  said  city  of  Paris,  until  the  requirements  hereof 
have  been  fully  complied  with ; nevertheless,  this  provision  shall 
in  no  way  effect  the  validity  of  any  risk  that  may  be  taken  in 
violation  hereof,  between  such  corporation,  company  or  associa- 
tion and  the  person  so  insured. 


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Section  5.  If  any  corporation,  company  or  association  fail 
to  render  the  account  or  report  designated  by  the  day  required 
by  this  ordinance,  or  if  the  above  mentioned  rates,  as  a tax  or 
license  fee,  shall  remain  unpaid  after  the  day  designated,  to-wit : 
July  15th,  in  each  year,  every  such  corporation,  company,  or 
association  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  city  of  Paris  the  sum 
of  two  hundred  dollars  ($200.00),  upon  conviction,  for  each 
and  every  offense;  and  in  addition  to  such  penalty  the  city  of 
Paris  shall  recover,  in  an  action  in  its  name,  for  its  use,  against 
said  corporation,  company  or  association  so  failing  to  make  such 
report,  or  pay  such  license  fee,  or  tax,  the  full  amount  of  said 
license  fee,  which  would  be  due  under  the  provisions  thereof. 

Section  6.  Any  and  all  sums  so  received  under  the  provi- 
sions hereof  shall  form  and  constitute  a fund  to  be  kept  separ- 
ate by  the  treasurer  of  the  said  city  of  Paris  for  the  mainten- 
ance, use  and  benefits  of  the  fire  department  of  the  city  of  Par- 
is. 

Section  7.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  and  take  effect 
from  and  after  its  publication. 

FUNERAL 

AN  ORDINANCE  prescribing  a penalty  for  any  person  disturbing  a 

funeral. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  willfully  interrupt  or  disturb  any  fun- 
eral assembly  or  funeral  procession,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
three  dollars  ($3.00)  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars 
($200.00). 


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FORTUNE  TELLING 


FORTUNE  TELLING 

AN  ORDINANCE  in  relation  to  fortune  telling. 

(Passed  July  3,  1911.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  hereafter  no  person  shall  engage  in  the  practice 
of  fortune  telling,  palmistry,  or  clairvoyance,  reading  the  hand 
or  telling  the  future  or  past  of  any  person’s  life  for  any  fee, 
money  or  reward  without  first  taking  out  a license. 

Section  2.  Any  person  who  engages  in  the  practice  of  for- 
tune telling,  palmistry,  clairvoyance,  reading  of  the  hand  or 
telling  the  future  or  past  of  any  person’s  life  shall  pay  the  sum 
of  ten  dollars  per  week. 

Section  3.  The  city  clerk  shall  issue  a license  to  any  reput- 
able person  upon  said  person  showing  a proper  receipt  from  the 
city  treasurer  that  he  or  she  has  so  paid  said  license. 

Section  4.  If  the  mayor  and  chief  of  police  are  convinced 
that  any  person  holding  a license  as  provided  for  in  this  ordin- 
ance is  not  conducting  the  same  in  an  orderly  manner,  and  that 
said  person  or  persons  so  holding  said  license  are  immoral  char- 
acters, or  are  cheats,  or  frauds,  the  mayor  shall  have  the  pow- 
er to  revoke  said  license. 

Section  5.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance,  shall  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not  less 
than  twenty-five  dollars  ($25.00)  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars  ($200.00)  and  pay  cost  of  prosecution. 


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GAMING— LEASING  PREMISES  FOR 

AN  ORDINANCE  making  it  a penalty  to  lease  premises  for  gaming. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
« of  Paris , Whoever  shall  knowingly  rent  or  lease  to  another, 
any  building,  room  or  premises  to  be  used  or  occupied,  in  whole 
-or  part,  as  a gaming  house  or  place  for  persons  to  come  togeth- 
er to  play  for  money  or  other  valuable  thing  at  any  game,  or  to 
bet  upon  any  games  of  chance,  or  shall  knowingly  permit  the 
■same  to  be  so  used  or  occupied,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
twenty-five  dollars  ($25.00)  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dol- 
lars ($200.00). 


GAMING  HOUSES 

AN  ORDINANCE  providing  a penalty  for  anyone  who  keeps  or  main- 
tain a gaming  house. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
•of  Paris •,  Whoever  shall  keep  or  maintain  any  gaming  house 
-or  room,  or  any  place  where  gaming  or  betting  of  any  kind  is 
done  or  going  on,  or  whoever  shall  procure  or  permit  any  per- 
sons to  come  together  in  any  house,  room,  or  place  occupied  or 
owned  by  him  or  under  his  control,  for  the  purpose  of  playing 
•at  a game  for  money  or  other  valuable  thing,  or  anything  repre- 
senting or  intended  to  represent  money  or  other  valuable  thing, 
-or  shall  permit  any  such  persons  to  play  at  any  such  game  afore- 
said, when  they  have  come  together  in  any  such  room,  house,  or 


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place  as  aforesaid,  or  whoever  shall  keep  or  permit  to  he  used 
in  any  building,  room,  yard,  or  place  occupied,  controlled  or 
owned  hy  him,  or  have  in  his  possession  any  keno-  or  faro  table, 
faro  bank,  roulette  or  other  gaming  implement,  instrument  de- 
vice, or  thing  commonly  used  for  the  purpose  of  gaming,  shall,, 
in  either  case,  be  fined  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars,. 
($100.00)  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  ($200.00). 

GAMBLING 

AN  ORDINANCE  providing  a penalty  for  anyone  gambling. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Whoever  shall  in  any  manner,  gamble,  or  play  for 
money  or  other  valuable  thing,  or  for  any  check  or  anything, 
representing  or  intended  to  represent  money  or  other  valuable- 
thing,  at  any  game  with  cards,  dice,  checks,  billiards,  or  with 
any  other  article,  instrument  or  thing  whatsoever,  which  may 
be  used  for  the  purpose  of  playing  or  betting  upon,  or  winning,, 
or  losing  money  or  other  thing  of  value ; or  whoever  shall  bet 
on  any  such  game  when  played  hy  others,  shall  for  either  of- 
fense, be  fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  ($25.00),  nor 
more  than  two  hundred  dollars  ($200.00). 

GAMBLING  HOUSES— INMATES  OE 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  inmates  in  gaming  houses. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Whoever  shall  be  an  inmate  of  any  room,  house,  or 


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place,  where  gaming  of  any  kind  is  going  on  or  is  allowed,  or 
whoever  shall  frequent  the  same,  or  shall  he  found  therein, 
shall,  for  either  offense,  he  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars 
($5.00),  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00). 

GAMING  IMPLEMENTS— POLICE  TO  DESTROY 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  give  permit  to  police  to  destroy  gaming  imple- 
ments. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  every  member  of  the 
police  force  to  seize  any  table,  instrument,  or  device,  or  thing 
used  for  the  purpose  of  gaming,  and  all  such  tables,  instru- 
ments, devices,  or  things  shall  be  destroyed.  Any  person  resist- 
ing or  obstructing  any  member  of  the  police  force  in  the  per- 
formance of  any  act  authorized  by  this  section  shall  be  fined 
not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  ($25.00)  nor  more  than  fifty 
dollars  ($50.00)  for  each  offense. 

GETTING  ON  OR  OFF  CARS 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  any  person  from  jumping  on  or  off  cars. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  get  on 
or  jump  off  of,  or  attempt  to  get  on  or  jump  off  of  any  locomo- 
tice,  tender  or  railroad  car  while  the  same  is  in  motion  within 
the  corporate  limits  of  said  city,  except  such  person  is  either  a 


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regular  passenger  or  an  employe  on  such  locomotive,  engine, 
tender  or  car.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance, shall  on  conviction  thereof,  he  subject  to  a penalty  of  not 
less  than  three  dollars  ($3.00)  nor  more  than  five  dollars 
($5.00). 

GUNPOWDER,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  the  sale  of  gunpowder. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  no  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  have  or  keep 
at  his,  their,  or  its  place  of  business,  or  elsewhere  within  the 
city,  or  within  one-fourth  mile  of  the  limits  thereof,  a greater 
quantity  of  gunpowder,  gun  cotton,  dynamite,  nitro-glycerine  or 
any  of  the  products  thereof,  than  fifty  pounds  at  one  time,  and 
the  same  shall  then  he  kept  in  tin  canisters  or  cases,  containing 
not  to  exceed  thirty  pounds  each,  and  in  a situation  remote  from 
fires,  lighted  lamps,  candles,  gas,  or  other  inflamable  matter, 
from  which  the  same  may  be  easily  removed  in  case  of  fire. 

Section  2.  Any  person  or  corporation  violating  the  pre- 
ceding section  shall  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  ($5.00)  and  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  ($50.00)  for 
each  and  every  offense,  and  each  and  every  day  that  gunpowder, 
gun  cotton,  dynamite,  nitro-glycerine  or  any  product  thereof 
shall  be  kept  in  any  place  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  the  pre- 
ceding section,  shall  constitute  a violation  thereof. 


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GUTTERS— OBSTRUCTION 

AN  ORDINANCE  in  relation  to  gutters  and'  providing  a penalty  for 

obstructing. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Every  property  holder  shall  be  responsible  for  any 
obstructions  which  may  be  placed  in  the  gutters  opposite  the 
property  owned  and  occupied  by  him,  except  such  property  as 
may  be  occupied  by  a tenant,  then  such  tenant  shall  be  respon- 
sible; and  for  any  chips,  wood,  filth,  or  rubbish  of  any  kind, 
which  may  be  thrown  into  the  sidewalk  or  street,  and  in  the  gut- 
ter opposite  to  the  place  so  owned  or  occupied,  which  may  in 
any  way  obstruct  the  free  course  of  the  water  in  the  gutters,  or 
incommode  travel;  and  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  create 
any  obstruction,  or  deposit  chips,  wood,  filth,  or  other  rubbish, 
as  aforesaid,  or  shall  suffer  the  same  to  remain  when  made  or 
deposited  by  any  other  person  or  persons  shall,  on  conviction 
thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  any  sum  not  exceeding  five  dollars 
($5.00)  and  costs;  provided,  that  before  action  is  brought,  the 
property  holder  or  occupant  may  relieve  himself  from  all  pen- 
alty under  this  section,  by  making  complaint  against  the  per- 
son or  persons  causing  the  obstructions,  or  making  the  deposit 
aforesaid,  in  which  case  the  person  or  persons  so  complained 
against  shall  be  charged  and  tried  as  above  provided. 


110  HAND  ORGAN-HEALTH  DEPARTMENT 


HAND  ORGAN,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  playing  of  a hand  organ  on  public 

streets. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  That  every  person  who  shall  use  a hand  organ,  or 
any  instrument  of  annoying  character,  or  other  music  of  itiner- 
ant performers,  in  any  street,  lane,  alley,  or  other  public  place 
within  said  city,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
any  sum  not  exceeding  five  dollars  ($5.00)  and  costs. 

HEALTH  DEPARTMENT 

AN  ORDINANCE  creating  a board  of  health  and  defining  its  duties. 

(Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  At  a regular  meeting  in  May,  of  the  City  Council, 
in  each  and  every  year,  the  mayor  shall,  with  the  advice  and 
consent  of  the  City  Council,  appoint  three  discreet,  suitable 
persons,  health  commissioners,  who  shall  hold  their  office  one 
year,  and  until  their  successor  shall  be  appointed  and  qualified. 
If  such  appointments  for  any  cause  shall  not  be  made  at  such 
meeting  in  Afay,  they  may  be  made  at  any  regular  meeting  of 
the  City  Council. 

Section  2.  Each  of  the  persons  so  appointed  health  com- 
missioners, on  being  notified  of  their  appointment  must,  with- 
in five  days  thereafter,  appear  before  the  city  clerk,  and  take 
and  subscribe  an  oath  of  office  to  faithfully  and  impartially  dis- 


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•charge  the  duties  of  his  office  to  the  best  of  his  skill  and  ability ; 
and  the  health  commissioners  with  the  mayor,  shall  constitute 
the  board  of  health  of  said  city;  and  all  vacancies  in  said 
board,  for  whatever  cause,  shall  be  filled  without  unnecessary 
delay  by  the  mayor. 

Section  3.  Within  seven  days  after  their  appointment,  the 
board  of  health  shall  meet  at  some  convenient  place  and  organ- 
ize themselves  by  the  election  of  a president  and  secretary,  and 
any  two  members  may  constitute  a quorum  for  the  transaction 
of  business;  and  said  board  shall  meet  as  often  thereafter  as 
they  deem  necessary,  and  shall  k^ep  a journal  of  their  proceed- 
ings. 

Section  4.  The  board  of  health  hereby  established,  shall 
have  general  supervision  of  the  sanitary  condition  of  the  city, 
and  is  hereby  invested  with  power  to  establish  and  enforce 
such  rules  and  regulations  as  they  may  deem  necessary  to  pro- 
mote, preserve,  and  secure  the  health  of  the  city,  and  to  pre- 
vent the  introduction  and  spreading  of  contagious,  infectious 
or  pestilential  diseases.  The  board  of  health,  or  any  member 
thereof,  is  empowered  and  authorized  to  enter  any  premises 
for  the  purpose  of  examining  the  sanitary  condition  thereof. 
Tlhe  board  of  health  shall  report  to  the  City  Council  all  ex- 
penses which  may  be  incurred  in  discharge  of  the  aforesaid 
duties,  and  the  said  board  of  healt  hshall  exercise  such  other 
powers,  and  discharge  such  other  duties  as  the  City  Council 
may  prescribe;  and  it  is  hereby  enjoined  upon  the  officers  of 


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said  city  to  be  attentive  and  vigilent  in  assisting  the  board  of 
health  in  the  execution  of  their  duties. 

Section  5.  Immediately  after  their  organization  the  board 
of  health  shall  appoint  one  of  their  number  to  act  as  a health 
officer  for  the  term  of  one  month;  and  the  members  of  said 
board  shall  alternately  thereafter  act  as  such  officer  for  the 
term  of  the  aforesaid. 

Section  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  health  officer  to  exe- 
cute and  enforce  by  the  aid  of  the  police  and  city  marshal,  the 
orders  and  directions  of  the  board  of  health,  and  the  provisions 
of  all  ordinances  touching  the  health  of  city,  to  examine  and 
inspect  all  places  and  sources  of  filth  which  may  be,  or  are  like- 
ly to  become  nuisances,  and  report  the  same  to  the  board  of 
health  as  often  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  in  order  that  the 
same  may  be  abated  or  removed  and  to  suggest  to  the  board  of 
health,  at  all  times  such  hygienic  measures  as  he  may  deem 
necessary  to  promote  the  health  and  comfort  of  the  city. 

Section  1.  The  City  Council  may  in  their  discretion,  ap- 
point sanitary  policemen,  who  shall  act  in  aid  of  and  under 
the  direction  of  the  board  of  health  in  enforcing  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance,  and  the  regulations  and  rules  of  the  board 
of  health. 

Section  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  police  to  aid  the 
health  officers  in  executing  and  enforcing  the  orders  and  direc- 
tions of  the  board  of  health,  and  in  enforcing  all  ordinances  and 
laws  designated  to  promote  and  secure  the  healthfulness  of  the 


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city.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  policeman  to  patrol  his  dis- 
trict thoroughly  and  systematically.  When  a policeman  finds 
any  person  violating  any  of  the  ordinances  relating  to  public 
health,  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  inform  such  person  of  such  viola- 
tion and  report  the  same  to  the  health  officer.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  city  marshal  to  serve  all  notices  issued  by  the  board 
of  health,  and  report  to  the  health  officer  whether  the  notices 
served  have  been  complied  with  or  not.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
any  policeman,  under  the  direction  of  any  health  officer,  to  file 
complaint  against  such  persons  as  persistently  violate  any  of  the 
directions  of  the  board  of  health,  or  any  of  the  provisions  of 
the  sanitary  ordinance. 

Section  9.  For  the  purpose  of  guarding  against  the  intro- 
duction and  spreading  of  any  contagious,  infectious,  or  pestilen- 
tial diseases,  it  shall  be  the  duty  hereafter  of  all  physicians,  of 
all  keepers  of  hotels,  taverns,  or  boarding  houses,  or  of  any 
house  holder,  to  report  in  writing,  to  the  board  of  health  or 
some  member  thereof,  forthwith,  each  and  every  case  which 
may  come  under  their  knowledge,  of  small  pox,  diphtheria, 
scarlet  fever,  cholera,  or  any  pestilential  disease  occuring  or 
existing  within  the  limits  or  vicinity  of  said  city,  including  in 
such  report,  the  name  of  the  person  so  afflicted,  and  the  place 
where  such  person  may  be  found. 

Section  10.  Whenever  any  person  shall  report  to  the  board 
of  health  or  any  member  thereof,  that  any  person  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  said  city  is  affected  with  or  suffering  from 


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small  pox,  diphtheria,  scarlet  fever,  cholera,  or  any  other  pesti- 
lential disease,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  of  health  or 
some  member  thereof,  forthwith  to  examine  the  condition  of 
the  person  or  reported,  and  if  it  shall  be  found  that  such  per- 
son is  afflicted  with  and  suffering  from  any  such  disease,  said 
board  of  health,  or  some  member  thereof,  shall  at  once,  take 
such  steps  as  may  be  necessary  to  isolate  such  person;  and  if 
they  deem  it  necessary,  shall  cause  such  person  to  be  removed 
to  some  suitable  place  or  building,  prepared  for  such  cases.  And 
whenever  small  pox,  diphtheria,  scarlet  fever,  or  pestilential 
disease  is  found  to  exist  in  any  house  or  tenement,  to  cause 
its  presence  to  be  indicated  by  a red  flag,  bearing  th£  name  of 
the  disease  in  white  letters.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
board  of  health  to  see  that  suitable  disinfectants  are  properly 
used,  and  to  promptly  enforce  all  measures  they  may  deem 
necessary  to  secure  and  promote  the  public  health.  And  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  health  to  investigate  as  far 
as  possible  the  cause  of  all  such  contagious  and  pestilential  di- 
sease, and  if  possible,  remove  or  abate  such  cause. 

Section  11.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  who  has 
become  affected  with  any  contagious  or  infectious  disease,  or 
who  is  recovering  from  such  disease,  to  attend  school,  church  or 
any  public  gatherings,  or  to  mingle  in  society  in  any  way,  until 
the  board  of  health,  or  some  person  designated  by  them,  cer- 
tifies that  they  are  no  longer  liable  to  communicate  said  di- 


sease. 


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Section  12.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  hold  a public  funeral 
for  any  person  who  has  died  of  cholera,  small  pox,  diphtheria 
or  scarlet  fever. 

Section  13.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  physician  to  imme- 
diately furnish  to  the  family  in  which  may  occur  the  death  of 
any  person  upon  whom  he  has  been  in  professional  atten- 
dance, without  charge,  a certificate  setting  forth,  as  nearly  as 
may  be  known,  the  following  facts  in  relation  to  such  deceased 
person,  viz. : the  age,  name,  color,  sex,  nativity,  whether  mar- 
ried or  single,  date  and  cause  of  death,  and  late  residence.  And 
in  case  no  physician  shall  have  been  in  attendance,  then  such 
certificate  shall  be  furnished  to  the  undertaker  by  some  mem- 
ber of  the  family  of  the  deceased,  or  by  some  other  person  who 
may  have  been  in  attendance  upon  such  deceased  person  during 
his  or  her  last  sickness.  In  case  of  coroner’s  inquest  such  cer- 
tificate shall  be  furnished  without  charge,  by  the  coroner. 

Section  14.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  health,  on 
the  presentation  of  a certificate  of  death,  as  provided  in  the 
preceding  section,  to  file  the  same  and  issue  thereon,  a burial 
permit,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  bury  any  person  in  any  of 
the  cemetaries  of  the  city  without  a permit  from  the  board  of 
health  issued  on  the  presentation  of  a certificate  death. 

Section  15.  All  privy  vaults  hereafter  constructed  or  re- 
constructed within  the  city  limits,  shall  be  sunk  to  a depth  of 
not  more  than  four  feet,  and  be  walled  up  with  brick,  stone  or 
plank.  Every  privy  vault  should  be  provided  with  a ventilat- 


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ing  flue  extending  from  the  vault  to  a distance  of  at  least  two 
feet  above  building  over  the  vault. 

Section  16.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  construct  any  cess  pool 
within  twenty-five  feet  of  any  well,  the  water  from  which  is 
used  for  drinking  or  culinary  purposes,  unless  said  cess  pool 
be  made  water  tight,  and  the  plans  for  such  cess  pool  shall  be 
submitted  to  the  board  of  health  for  approval.  Whenever  any 
cess  pool  has  already  been  constructed  within  less  than  twenty- 
five  feet  from  such  well,  the  same  shall,  within  two 
months  from  the  time  this  ordinance  takes  effect,  be  emptied  of 
its  contents  and  filled  with  earth. 

Section  17.  That  it  shall  hereafter  be  unlawful  to  allow 
an  accumulation  of  excreta  in  privy  vaults  to  within  less  than 
two  feet  of  the  surface  of  such  vault.  And  when  any  vault  con- 
tains such  an  amount  of  excreta,  the  owner  or  agent  of  the 
premises,  shall,  upon  order  of  the  board  of  health,  empty  the 
same,  remove  the  contents  beyond  the  city  limits  and  disinfect 
the  vault.  When  a vault  becomes  so  full  as  to  render  the  re- 
moval of  the  contents  a necessity,  in  view  of  the  board  of  health, 
it  shall  be  unlawful  to  cover  by  dirt,  brick  or  planking,  or  to 
drain  into  the  surrounding  ground  the  contents  of  the  same, 
but  all  such  vaults  shall  be  cleaned  in  the  manner  provided  in 
Section  18.  When  no  vault  is  used  and  the  excreta  is  deposited 
in  boxes,  cess  pools,  or  on  the  ground,  the  owner,  occupant,  or 
agent  of  the  premises  shall  remove  the  accumulation  as  often  as 
it,  in  the  view  of  the  board  of  health,  becomes  a nuisance,  and 
disenfect  the  premises. 


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Section  18.  It  shall  hereafter  be  unlawful  for  any  person, 
firm  or  company,  to  empty  any  privy  vault,  cess  pool  or  other  re- 
ceptable  of  fluid  filth,  located  in  said  city,  except  with  a ma- 
chine or  apparatus,  or  by  a process,  approved  by  the  board  of 
health,  which  approval  must  be  evinced  by  a written  certificate  is- 
sued to  the  person,  firm  or  company  proposing  to  engage  in  said 
business,  by  the  secretary  of  the  board  of  health,  which  certificate 
shall  be  granted  without  charge.  Whenever  a privy  vault  or 
cess  pool  emits  offensive  odors,  or  becomes  too  full,  or  needs 
reconstruction,  the  owner,  occupant,  or  agent  of  the  premises, 
shall  disinfect,  or  clean  and  disinfect,  or  clean  and  recon- 
struct, within  five  days  after  receiving  a written  or  printed 
notice  so  to  do,  from  the  board  of  health.  If  said  notice  is  not 
complied  with,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  to  employ  some 
person  or  persons  to  execute  their  order  at  the  expense  of  said 
occupant,  owner  or  agent. 

Section  19.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or 
company,  using  or  controlling  any  wagon,  machine,  or  other 
apparatus,  for  empting  privy  vaults  or  cess  pools,  etc.,  to  allow 
such  apparatus  to  stand  or  remain  upon  any  street,  alley,  lot, 
or  other  place  in  said  city,  unless  the  same  has  been  thoroughly 
cleansed  and  de-odorized  since  last  used. 

Section  20.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  firm  to 
empty  or  deposit  the  contents  of  any  cess  pool,  water  closet, 
privy,  vault,  or  sink,  or  any  offal  garbage,  manure,  or  any  re- 
fuse animal  or  vegetable  matter,  in  any  place  other  than  that 
selected  by  the  board  of  health. 


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Section  21.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
tO'  deposit  or  place  any  offal,  garbage,  manure,  or  any  kind  of 
refuse  animal  or  vegetable  matter  that  may  give  rise  to  nosious 
gases  or  offensive  odors,  in  any  alley,  street,  yard,  or  in  any  pub- 
lic or  private  grounds  in  said  city,  but  the  same  shall  be  placed 
in  water  tight  receptacles,  which  shall  be  kept  in  some  conven- 
ient and  secure  place  on  the  premises,  to  be  removed  as  often  as 
may  be  necessary  to  prevent  the  formation  of  noxious  gases  or 
offensive  odors. 

Section  22.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per- 
sons to  allow  any  accumulation  of  filth  that  may  be  detrimen- 
tal to  the  health  and  comfort  of  the  city,  to  remain  in  any  alley, 
yard,  or  on  any  premises  which  such  person  may  own,  occupy, 
or  for  which  he  may  be  the  agent. 

Section  23.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  health 
whenever  they  find  any  accumulation  of  filth  which  may  be  de- 
rimental  to  the  health  or  comfort  of  the  city,  in  any  yard,  or 
alley,  or  on  any  premises,  to  issue  a written  or  printed  notice 
to  the  owner,  occupant,  or  agent  of  said  premises  to  clean  the 
same  within  three  days,  and  if  said  owner,  occupant  or  agent 
shall  fail  to  comply  with  said  notice,  then  the  board  of  health 
shall  issue  a notice  to  the  city  marshal,  who  shall  forthwith 
clean  said  premises  at  the  expense  of  the  owner  thereof. 

Section  24.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  fire  department  to 
thoroughly  flush  and  cleanse  the  sewers  of  the  city  as  often  as 
the  hoard  of  health  may  deem  necessary  to  promote,  and  pre- 
serve, and  secure  the  health  of  the  city. 


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Section  25.  In  order  hereafter  to  prevent  the  contamina- 
tion of  the  wells  of  the  city,  he  it  ordained  that  all  wells  here- 
after dug  shall  be  so  constructed  as  to  prevent  surface  water 
from  draining  into  them ; and  no  pools  of  stagnant  water  shall 
be  allowed  to  form  or  remain  near  them,  and  all  public  wells 
shall  be  securely  arched  over  with  brick  or  stone  and  cement- 
ed. 

Section  26.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or 
company  to  erect,  build  or  construct  within  the  corporate  lim- 
its of  the  city,  any  greasery,  soap  factory,  tallow  chandlery,  tan- 
nery, slaughter  house,  distillery,  or  any  other  building  or  en- 
closure, for  the  purpose  of  carrying  on  any  business  or  trade 
which  may  give  rise  to  noxious  gases  or  offensive  odors. 

Section  27.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  use  or  occupy  as  a 
slaughter  house  any  house,  pen,  yard  or  other  place  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris,  or  within  two  miles  there- 
of, unless  such  house,  pen,  yard,  or  other  place  be  paved  with 
brick,  stone  or  tiling,  and  cemented  so  as  to  be  water  tight,  and 
the  said  pavement  made  with  decent  toward  a gutter,  which 
shall  pass  through  the  same  and  lead  to  a tub  or  reservoir, 
placed  so  as  to  receive  the  blood  and  offal ; and  the  whole  of  such 
pavement,  gutter  and  reservoir,  shall  be  thoroughly  cleaned  at 
the  end  of  each  day  the  same  is  used  during  the  months 
of  March,  April,  Mky,  J une,  July,  August,  September  and  Octo- 
ber, and  at  least  once  each  week  during  the  months  of  November, 
December,  January  and  February,  and  every  such  slaughter 


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house  or  pen  shall  he  whitewashed  with  lime  once  every  month 
during  the  year.  And  the  occupant  of  such  slaughter  house 
shall  not  permit  or  suffer  to  remain  on  or  about  such  premises, 
any  blood,  offal,  bones,  hair,  slop,  or  any  offensive  matter,  for 
a longer  period  than  twenty-four  hours,  between  the  first 
of  April  and  the  first  of  November,  of  each  year,  nor  longer 
than  one  week  during  the  remainder  of  the  year,  but  the  same 
shall  be  collected  and  removed  in  tight  covered  vessels,  and 
buried,  or  so  disposed  of  as  not  to  give  rise  to  any  offensive 
odors  or  noxious  gases,  and  such  person  shall  at  all  times  keep 
his  premises  in  a clean  and  proper  sanitary  condition. 

Section  28.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  hoard  of  health  to 
inspect  all  slaughter  houses,  butcher  shops,  and  fish  markets, 
and  to  require  that  they  be  kept  clean  and  in  good  sanitary  con- 
dition ; and  to  inspect  meat  and  fish  offered  for  sale  and  if  any 
be  found  that  is  unwholesome  and  unfit  for  use,  to  condemn 
the  same  and  prohibit  its  sale  for  food. 

Section  29.  It  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  board  of  health,  as 
often  as  they  may  deem  necessary,  to  inspect  dairies,  and  to  re- 
quire them  to  be  kept  in  good  sanitary  condition ; and  to  inspect 
the  milk  offered  for  sale,  and  if  any  be  found  unwholesome  and 
unfit  for  use,  to  condemn  the  same  and  prohibit  its  sale  for  food. 

Section  30.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  erect  or  build  any 
stable,  pigpen,  hen  house,  or  any  building  for  the  keeping  of 
domestic  animals,  within  twenty-five  feet  of  any  well,  the 
water  from  which  is  used  for  domestic  purposes ; and  it  shall  b£ 


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unlawful  to  allow  any  stable,  stable  yard,  shed  house,  pen,  or 
any  enclosure  in  which  domestic  animals  are  kept,  to  become 
filthy,  or  to  emit  noxious  gases  or  offensive  odors. 

Section  31.  Any  person,  firm  or  company  who  shall  re- 
fuse, fail  or  neglect  to  comply  with  or  who  shall  violate  either 
or  any  of  the  regulations,  requirements  or  provisions  contain- 
ed in  Sections  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20, 
21,  22,  26,  27,  30  of  this  ordinance,  shall  upon  conviction  there- 
of, be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  ($5.00)  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00). 

Section  32.  Every  person  who  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale 
any  unwholesome  provisions,  knowing  the  same  to  be  unwhole- 
some, shall,  upon  conviction,  thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not 
exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00). 

Section  33.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm 
or  company  to  carry  on  in  any  house,  room  or  shed,  pen  or  yard, 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris,  any  business  re- 
quiring the  slaughtering  on  the  premises,  of  chickens,  turkeys, 
ducks,  geese,  pigeons,  or  wild  game  in  quantities  sufficient  for 
market  purposes,  unless  such  premises  shall  be  arranged  in  accor- 
dinance  with  the  provisions  of  the  ordinance  on  the  “Slaughter 
Bouses.” 

Penalties.  Any  person,  firm  or  company  who  shall  re- 
fuse, fail  or  neglect  to  comply  with,  or  who  shall  violate  either 
or  any  of  the  above  regulations,  requirements,  or  provisions, 
shall  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than 


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five  dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100)*- 

Section  34.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  hereafter,  at  any 
time  knowingly  introduce,  or  aid  or  assist  in  introducing  the 
small  pox,  or  any  other  infectious  or  pestilential  disease  into* 
this  city,  or  shall  possess  any  knowledge  of  any  person  labor- 
ing under  such  disease  being  within  said  city,  without  giving  no- 
tice thereof  forthwith  to  the  City  Council  or  the  board  of  health,, 
every  person  so  offending,  on  conviction  thereof  for  every  such 
offense,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dol- 
lars ($50.00)  and  the  costs  of  the  prosecution. 

Section  35.  For  the  purpose  of  guarding  against  the- 
clandestine  introduction  of  any  malignant,  infectious  of  pesti- 
lential disease,  it  shall  be  the  duty,  hereafter,  or  all  physicians,, 
and  all  keepers  of  taverns  and  boarding  houses,  to  report  in 
writing  to  the  City  Council  or  the  board  of  health,  forthwith,, 
every  case,  including  the  name  and  place  where  each  case  may 
be,  which  may  come  to  their  knowledge,  of  the  small  pox,  spas- 
modic cholera,  or  any  other  or  infectious  or  pestilential  disease 
occuring  or  existing  within  the  limits  or  vicinity  of  said  city  and 
every  person  refusing  or  willfully  neglecting  to  give  notice  as 
aforesaid,  of  any  such  disease,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof, 
for  every  offense,  forfeit  and  pay  any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty 
dollars  ($50.00)  besides  the  costs  of  prosecution. 

Section  36.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  marshal 
and  his  deputies,  and  they  are  hereby  authorized,  at  all  times- 
between  sunrise  and  sunset,  on  the  written  requisition  of  the; 


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board  of  health  or  of  any  two  members  of  the  City  Council,, 
promptly  to  enter  into  and  examine  the  condition  of  any  build- 
ing, cellar,  lot  of  land,  enclosure,  vault,  privy,  or  other  places 
which  said  board  or  any  two  members  of  the  City  Council  may 
consider  to  be  foul,  damp,  or  otherwise  prejudicial  to  the 
health,  and  direct  and  enforce  any  and  all  measures  for  effect- 
ually cleaning,  mitigating,  amending,  or  disinfecting  the  same, 
and  removing  and  abating  all  nuisances  or  evils  pre judical  to 
the  public  health,  in  such  manner  as  may  be  directed ; and  for 
such  purposes  the  board  of  health,  or  any  member  thereof,  or  any 
member  of  the  Council,  may  accompany  such  officer.  And  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  marshal  at  all  times,  on  the  requisi- 
tion of  the  board  of  health,  or  the  order  of  the  City  Council, 
promptly  and  effectually  to  cause  the  removal  from  any  street, 
alley  or  other  place  in  said  city,  of  any  filth  or  impurities  pre- 
judicial to  the  public  health. 

Penalty.  Ajny  person  violating  any  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance, or  any  of  the  by-laws,  rules  or  regulations  of  said  board 
of  health,  hereby  authorized,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  for 
every  offense,  forfeit  and  pay  any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dol- 
lars ($50.00)  besides  the  cost  of  prosecution. 

• Section  37.  That  whenever  any  person  shall  report  to  the 
board  of  health  of  said  city,  or  any  member  thereof,  that  any 
person  is  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city  and  is  affect- 
ed with  and  suffering  from  any  infections  or  pestilential  disease, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  board  of  health,  or  such  member 


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thereof,  as  may  receive  said  report,  forthwith  to  examine  the  con- 
dition of  the  person  so  reported  of,  and  if  it  shall  be  found  that 
such  person  is  afflicted  with  and  suffering  from  any  such  disease, 
the  hoard  of  health  or  such  member  thereof,  shall  at  once  re- 
port the  facts  to  the  mayor  of  said  city,  who  shall  order  the  mar- 
shal, or  employ  some  competent  person,  forthwith  to  remove 
such  person  so  afflicted,  to  some  suitable  place  without  the  lim- 
its of  said  city;  or  if  deemed  sufficiently  safe  by  said  board  of 
health  or  such  members  thereof,  to  confine  such  person  in  some 
suitable  place  within  said  limits. 

Section  38.  If  any  person  is  removed  or  confined  as  pro- 
vided for  in  the  preceding  section,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
marshal  or  such  person  as  may  have  charge  of  said  person  so 
afflicted,  to  use  all  and  every  reasonable  and  proper  precaution 
and  care  necessary  to  prevent  any  spread  of  such  infectious  or 
pestilential  disease ; and  any  person  who  shall  wilfully  or  care- 
lessly violate  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  be  fined  in  any 
sum  not  less  than  ten  dollars  ($10.00)  nor  more  than  twenty-five 
dollars  ($25.00)  for  each  day  during  which  said  precautions 
and  care  are  neglected;  and  each  day  of  such  neglect  shall  be 
considered  a separate  and  distinct  violation  of  this  ordinance. 

HIGH  FENCES 

AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  the  height  of  fences. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Pans , That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
to  construct  or  maintain,  or  cause  to  be  constructed,  or  main- 


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tained,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris,  any  par- 
tition fence,  or  party  wall  used  as  a petition  fence,  above  the 
height  of  six  feet.  Every  such  fence  so  constructed  or  main- 
tained is  hereby  declared  a nuisance,  and  any  person  or  persons 
violating  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  upon  conviction, 
thereof,  forfeit,  and  pay  for  every  such  offense,  and  for  each 
and  every  day’s  continuance  of  the  same,  any  sum  not  less  than 
three  dollars  ($3.00)  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  ($10.00)  and 
the  costs  of  prosecution. 

HITCHING  HORSES  TO  TREES,  FENCES,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  hitching  of  horses  to  fences,  trees,  etc. 
(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  hitch  or  fasten  any  horse  or  other  ani- 
mal to  any  ornamental  or  shade  tree,  shall  he  fined  not  less  than 
three  dollars  ($3.00)  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  ($50.00). 

HORSES  OR  MJLES  DRIVEN  UNHALTERED 
THROUGH  THE  STREETS 

AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  the  driving  of  animals  through  the  streets 

of  Paris. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  shall  be  unlawful  to  drive  any  horses  or  mules, 
through  the  streets  and  alleys  of  this  city,  unless  they  be  secure- 
ly haltered  or  controled  and  led  by  some  person  who  is  com- 


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petent  and  haying  control  thereof.  Any  person  violating  the 
provisions  of  this  section,  shall  he  fined  not  less  than  three  dol- 
lars ($3.00)  nor  more  than  thirty  dollars  ($30.00.) 

HOUSES  OF  ILL  FAME 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  prevent  the  existence  of  houses  of  ill  fame  and 
the  visiting  thereof. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  keep  or  maintain  any  bawdy  house, 
house  of  ill  fame  or  of  assignation,  or  any  room  or  place  for  the 
practice  of  fornication  within  said  city  or  within  three  miles 
from  ithe  outer  boundaries  thereof,  or  shall  knowingly  suffer  or 
permit  any  premises  owned  or  occupied  by  him  or  under  his 
control  within  said  city  or  within  the  limits  aforesaid,  to  be 
used  for  that  purpose,  shall  he  fined  not  less  than  ten  dollars 
($10.00),  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00). 

HOUSES  OF  ILL  FAME — INMATES 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  any  'persons  from  being  an  inmate  of 
a house  of  ill  fame. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  he  an  inmate  of  any  bawdy  house, 
house  of  ill  fame,  or  any  room  or  place  for  the  purpose  of 
fornication  situated  within  said  city,  or  within  three  miles 
of  the  outer  boundaries  thereof,  or  shall  in  any  way 
contribute  to  the  support  thereof  or  he  connected  there- 


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"with,  or  whoever  shall  be  found  therein,  shall  for  each  offense, 
be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  ($100.00). 

HOTEL  RUNNERS  HjACKMEN  AND  OMNIBUS 

DRIVERS 

-AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  hotel  runners  from  soliciting  patronage 
from  depot  platforms. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  it  shall  he  unlawful  for  any  hackman,  omni- 
bus driver  or  hotel  runner  to  go  upon  the  platforms  of  the  var- 
ious depots  within  the  said  city  of  Paris,  for  the  purpose  of 
soliciting  patronage.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  the  provi- 
sions of  this  ordinance,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more  than  ten 
-dollars,  and  pay  the  costs  of  prosecution. 


ICE 

AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  the  sale  of  ice  in  the  city  of  Paris. 

(Passed  Jan.  1,  1912) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  no  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  sell  or  de- 
liver impure  ice,  containing  matter  dertimental  to  the  human 
health,  to  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  in  the  city  of  Paris, 
for  domestic  or  hotel  use,  or  for  any  purpose  by  which  said  im- 


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pure  ice  shall  be  used  for  mixing  with  any  liquid  which  shall  he 
used  by  any  person  or  persons  internally. 

Section-  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  health,  or 
any  health  officer,  to  notify  ait  least  once  in  every  year,  and  as 
often  as  may  be  deemed  necessary,  all  persons,  firms  or  corpora- 
tions who  are  now  engaged  in  the  sale  of  ice,  or  may  hereafter 
become  engaged  for  the  purposes  named  in  Section  1 of  this 
ordinance  and  to  send  to  some  suitable  person  as  may  be  select- 
ed by  the  board  of  health,  for  examination  or  analysis,  a sample 
of  the  ice  which  they  have  for  sale  together  with  the  name  of 
the  place  said  ice  was  taken  from  or  made,  and  after  examina- 
tion or  analysis  said  ice  is  found  to  contain  impure  matter  such 
as  would  be  detrimental  to  the  health  of  persons  using  said  ice, 
the  person,  firm  or  corporation  engaged  in  selling  such  ice, 
shall  be  notified  to  cease  at  once  the  sale  of  said  ice  cut  or  made 
in  the  place  reported  by  the  said  person,  firm  or  corpora- 
tion. 

Section  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  also  of  the  board  of  health, 
or  any  health  officer,  whenever  it  shall  be  reported  to  them,  or 
whenever  they  shall  suspect  that  any  person,  firm  or  corpora- 
tion, is  engaged  in  selling  impure  ice  for  the  purpose  named  in 
Section  1 of  this  ordinance,  to  purchase  or  cause  to  be  purchased 
from  the  ice  wagons  or  ice  house  or  houses  of  such  suspected  firm 
or  corporation  a sufficient  amount  of  ice  to  make  a test  thereof, 
and  the  sale  of  such  ice  as  shall  be  found  to  be  impure  shall  be 
prohibited  for  the  purposes  named  in  Section  1 of  this  ordi- 


nance. 


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Section  4.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  who  shall  sell 
any  such  impure  ice  for  the  purposes  named  in  Section  1 of  this 
ordinance,  shall  he  subject  to  a penalty  of  not)  less  than  five  dol- 
lars ($5.00)  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  ($50.00)  for  each 
and  every  offense. 

Section  5.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  af- 
ter its  passage  and  due  publication. 

INDECENT  EXPOSURE 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  prevent  indecent  exposure  of  the  person. 
(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  purposely  or  publicly  make  any  inde- 
cent exposure  of  his  or  her  person,  or  shall  appear  in  a dress  not 
belonging  to  his  or  her  sex,  or  in  any  indecent  or  lewd  dress,  or 
in  any  state  of  nudity,  or  shall  he  guilty  of  any  other  indecent  or 
lewd  act  or  behavior,  shall  he  subject  to  a penalty  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  ($5.00)  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars 
($100.00.) 

IDLING  ABOUT  DEPOTS— INTERFERING  WITH 
PROPERTY,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  idling  and  interfering  with  property. 
(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Any  person  who  shall  idle,  loaf  or  loiter  in  or  around 
the  depot  of  any  railway,  or  upon  the  platform  or  grounds  ad- 


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INN  KEEPING 


joining  thereto  and  used  in  connection  therewith ; or  shall  in  any 
manner  impede,  obstruct  or  disturb  any  officer  or  employe  of 
such  railway  while  engaged  in  performing  his  lawful  business 
connected  therewith;  or  shall  in  any  manner  molest,  disturb, 
meddle  with  or  take  or  carry  away  any  property  in  course  of 
transportation  thereon,  without  permission  from  the  proper 
agents  or  servants  of  the  company  operating  said  railway;  or 
shall  in  any  manner  interfere  with  or  disturb  any  passenger 
or  traveler  in  or  about  such  depot,  platform  or  grounds,  or  other 
person  having  lawful  business  to  transact  there,  shall  in  either 
case  be  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  be  fined  not  less  than  three 
dollars  ($3.00)  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00). 

INN  KEEPING 

AN  ORDINANCE  requiring  inn  keepers  to  keep  record  of  guests. 

(Passed  Jul  y 5,  1911.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  hereafter  every  landlord  or  keeper  of  a public 
inn,  boarding  house,  rooming  house,  or  hotel  within  the  limits 
of  the  city  of  Paris  shall  keep  in  a well  hound  hook  a public  rec- 
ord of  all  the  guests  or  customers  received  therein.  Said  record 
shall  be  kept  in  a public  place  and  shall  he  signed  by  any  per- 
son or  persons  taking  hoard  or  lodging  in  said  inn,  boarding 
house,  rooming  house,  or  hotel,  for  the  public  inspection  of  the 
city  officers  of  the  city  of  Paris,  or  any  other  person,  upon  re- 
quest. Said  record  shall  be  signed  -by  the  said  guest  or  custom- 


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er  in  his  own  proper  name  and  person,  also  stating  where,  what' 
city  or  town  and  state  the  guest  or  customer  is  from. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  ithe  duty  of  every  landlord  or  keeper 
of  a public  inn,  boarding  house,  rooming  house,  or  hotel  to  keep 
said  hook  as  above  described  in  Section  1 of  this  ordinance,  and 
see  that  the  said  guest  or  customer  signs  said  book,  and  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  Section  1 therein.  Every  landlord  or 
keeper  of  any  public  inn,  hoarding,  rooming  house,  or  hotel 
failing  to  comply  with  this  ordinance  shall  upon  conviction 
thereof,  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars  ($50.00)  for  each  and  every  offense  and  pay 
cost  of  prosecution. 

INTOXICATING  LIQUORS 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  prohibit  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  in  the 

city  of  Paris. 

(Passed  Feb.  6,  1911.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  That  whoever  shall  by  himself  or  another,  either  as 
principal,  clerk,  or  servant,  directly  or  indirectly,  sell  or  give 
away  any  intoxicating,  malt,  vinous,  mixed  or  fermented 
liquors,  within  the  city  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris,  shall,  upon 
conviction  thereof,  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  ($20.00) 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  ($200.00). 

Section  2.  Any  shift  or  device,  the  taking  of  orders,  or  the 
making  of  agreements  to  evade  Section  1 of  this  ordinance  shall 
be  held  to  be  a violation  of  said  ordinance. 


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ITINERANT  MERCHANTS 


Section  3.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict 
with  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

ITINERANT  MERCHANTS 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  prevent  and  punish  fraud  sales  of  goods,  wares 
and  merchandise  at  public  or  private  sale  by  itinerant,  vendors 
and  to  regulate  and  license  all  such  sales. 

(Passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  the  words  “itinerant  vendor”  for  the  purpose 
of  this  ordinance,  shall  mean  and  include  all  persons,  both  prin- 
cipals and  agents,  who  engage  in  or  conduct,  in  this  state,  either 
in  one  locality  or  on  travelling  from  place  to  place,  a temporary 
or  transcient  business  of  selling  goods,  wares  and  merchandise 
and  who,  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  on  such  business  use,  lease 
or  occupy,  either  in  whole  or  in  part,  a room,  building,  or  other 
structure,  for  the  exhibition  and  sale  of  such  goods,  wares,  and 
merchandise.  This  provision  of  this  ordinance  shall  not  apply 
to  sales  made  to  dealers  by  commercial  travelers  or  selling  agents 
in  the  usual  course  of  business,  nor  to  bonafide  sale  of  goods, 
wares  and  merchandise  by  sample  for  future  delivery,  nor  to 
hawkers  on  the  streets,  or  peddlers  from  vehicles,  nor  to  any 
sale  of  goods,  wares,  or  merchandise  on  the  grounds  or  in  the 
building  of  any  society  of  the  city  during  the  continuance  of 
any  fair  held  by  such  society. 

Section  2.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  carry  on  any 
business  within  the  city  of  Paris,  as  an  itinerant  merchant,  or 


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transcient  vendor  of  merchandise,  is  hereby  required  before 
selling  or  offering  for  sale  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
city,  any  goods,  wares,  merchandise,  or  other  article  of  value  to 
apply  for  and  obtain  from  the  city  clerk,  a license  to  do  so. 

Section  3.  For  license  to  sell  goods,  wares,  or  merchandise 
the  said  person,  persons,  firm  or  corporation  shall  pay  the  city 
treasurer  for  said  license  the  sum  of  five  dollars  ($5.00)  per 
one  day,  thirty  dollars  ($30.00)  for  one  week,  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five  dollars  ($125.00)  for  one  month  and  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  dollars  ($125.00)  for  each  month  thereafter. 
Said  license  fee  shall  be  paid  for  in  advance  and  for  any  good 
and  sufficient  cause  may  be  revoked  at  any  time  by  the  mayor 
or  City  Council  and  the  said  money  so  paid  for  said  license 
shall  be  forfeited  to  the  city  and  no  license  shall  be  issued  for 
a longer  time  than  the  then  fiscal  year. 

Section  4.  Any  shift  or  device  or  the  making  of  agree- 
ments for  the  sale  of  goods  or  the  renting  of  a room  or  building 
to  evade  any  of  the  provisions  under  this  ordinance  shall  consti- 
tute a violation  thereof. 

Section  5.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  violating  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
fifty  dollars  ($50.00)  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars 
($200.00).  And  it  is  further  provided  each  sale  shall  consti- 
tute a separate  and  distinct  offense  under  this  ordinance. 

Section  6.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  and  effect  after 
its  passage  and  publication. 


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JUDICIARY 


Section  7.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict 
with  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 


JUDICIARY 

AN  ORDINANCE  creating  a judiciary  committee  and  defining  its 
powers  and  duties. 

(Passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  tlie  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  the  mayor  shall  by  and  with  the  advice  and 
consent  of  the  City  Council  at  the  first  meeting  in  May  of  each 
year  or  at  any  time  thereafter  appoint  a committee  of  three  mem- 
bers of  the  City  Council  to  he  known  as  the  judiciary  committee. 
Said  committee  shall  have  charge  and  supervision  of  all  ordi- 
nances introduced  in  the  City  Council.  That  upon  an  ordi- 
nance being  referred  to  said  judiciary  committee,  it  shall  be  the 
duty'  of  said  committee  to  examine  fully  into  the  provisions  of 
said  ordinance,  inquire  into  the  necessity  of  such  an  ordinance, 
and  to  consult  the  city  attorney  and  determine  whether  or  not  it 
is  within  the  powers  of  the  City  Council  to  pass  such  an  ordin- 
ance, to  pass  upon  ali  amendments  offered  to  said  ordinance,  as 
to  them  seems,  necessary,  and  thereupon  to  make  a report  to  the 
City  Council  of  its  determination  in  the  matter  with  a recom- 
mendation as  to  whether  or  not  said  ordinance  as  originally  in- 
troduced or  amended  shall  be  passed. 

Section  2.  That  in  all  cases  where  licenses  are  petitioned 
for  under  any  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Paris,  and  the 
City  Council  is  not  in  session,  the  said  judiciary  committee 


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135 


shall  have  power  if  they  see  fit  to  order  the  clerk  in  writing  to 
grant  said  applicant  a license  upon  said  applicant  complying 
with  all  the  requirements  of  any  ordinance  or  ordinances  where- 
in licei  ses  are  authorized  to  issue,  at  any  regular  or  special 
meeting  of  the  City  Council;  and  the  order  to  the  clerk  to  issue 
said  license  shall  be  in  writing,  signed  by  a majority  of  said 
committee,  said  license  so  issued  by  the  clerk,  shall  only  be  is- 
sued to  the  next  regular  meeting  of  the  City  Council  and 
thereupon  said  applicant  shall  petition  the  -said  City  Council 
for  license  as  provided  for  by  the  ordinances  of  the  city 
of  Paris. 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect 
after  January  1,  1912. 


LIBRARY  ORDINANCE 

AN  ORDINANCE  f-or  providing  and  maintaining  a library. 

(Passed  Feb.  12,  1902.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  P aris,  That  there  be  established  and  maintained  in  the  city 
of  Paris,  a public  library  and  reading  room  for  the  use  and 
benefit  of  the  inhabitants  of  said  city. 

Section  2.  That  there  be  levied  annually,  for  such  purpose 
a tax  of  two  mills  on  the  dollar  on  all  the  taxable  property  in 
the  city,  such  tax,  when  collected,  to  be  known  as  the  library 
fund. 


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LEVELS  OF  CITY 


Section  3.  Upon  the  adoption  of  this  ordinance,  the  mayor 
shall,  with  the  approval  of  the  City  Council,  proceed  to  appoint 
a hoard  of  nine  directors  chosen  from  the  citizens  at  large  with 
reference  to  their  fitness  for  such  office.  It  being  the  intention 
of  this  ordinance  to  establish  and  maintain  such  library  and 
reading  room  in  all  respects  in  accordinance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  an  act  to  authorize  cities,  incorporated  towns  and  town- 
ships to  establish  and  maintain  free  public  libraries  and  reading 
rooms.  Approved  and  in  force  March  7,  1872,  and  acts  amenda- 
tory thereto.  Read  and  adopted  by  the  City  Council  on  the  10th 
day  of  February,  1902. 

LEVELS  OF  CITY 

AN  ORDINANCE  establishing  'datum  for  city  levels. 

(Passed  May  6,  1901.  Approved  May  7,  1901.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  the  datum  for  the  city  levels  heretofore  recog- 
nized and  which  is  hereby  established  is  and  shall  be  100  feet 
below  the  square  mark  on  the  north  end  of  stone  door  sill  of  the 
brick  building  on  the  southwest  corner  of  the  intersection  of  Cen- 
tral avenue  and  Wood  street,  in  the  city  of  Paris. 

Section  2.  That  all  ordinancs  in  conflict!  herewith  are  here- 
by repealed  and  this  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force 
from  and  after  its  passage. 


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LIGHT — EXCAVATIONS,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  requiring  every  person  excavating  to  keep  lights 

at  night. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  It  shall  be  the  ditty  of  each  and  every  person  making 
or  placing  the  excavations  or  obstructions  in  any  street  or  alley, 
or  causing  the  same  to  be  made  or  placed,  to  keep  or  cause 
to  be  kept  lanterns  burning  all  night,  and  any  person  or  per- 
sons failing  or  refusing  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this 
section,  shall,  for  the  first  offense,  upon  conviction,  thereof,  be 
fined  five  dollars  ($5.00)  and  costs,  and  for  a second  and  every 
subsequent  offense,  ten  dollars,  ($10.00). 

LIGHTS  ON  OBSTRUCTIONS 

AN  ORDINANCE  requiring  lanterns  to  be  placed  by  person  build- 
ing and  repairing 

(Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Any  obstruction  placed  by  any  person  or  persons 
in  any  street  or  upon  any  sidewalk  within  the  limits 
of  said  city,  including  piles  of  dirt,  lumber  or  other 
materials  temporarily  placed  in  the  street  during  the 
construction  of,  or  for  the  purpose  of  constructing  or  repairing 
any  building  or  part  of  building,  shall  be  marked  during 
the  night  by  a red  lantern  or  lanterns,  so  placed  as  to  indi- 
cate the  obstruction  to  persons  passing  along  the  street  or  side- 


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walk ; which  lanterns  shall  be  lighted  at  dark  and  kept  burning 
until  daylight  each  and  every  night  during  the  existence  of  any 
such  obstruction. 

Section  2.  Any  person  violating  Section  1 of  this  ordin- 
ance shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  ($5.00)  and  not 
exceeding  two  hundred  dollars  ($200.00)  in  each  offense  an$ 
each  night  or  day  shall  constitute  a separate  offense. 

LIGHT— REMOVING  OF,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  providing  a penalty  for  anyone  removing  lights. 
(Passed  June  5.  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Any  person  who  shall  remove  or  extinguish  any  light, 
or  remove  any  barrier  placed  or  erected  as  a warning  to  pas- 
sengers at  a place  of  danger,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars  ($200.00). 

LIQUIDS,  SMOKE— OFFENSE,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  providing  a penalty  for  anyone  discharging  offen- 
sive smoke  on  their  premises 
(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Every  person  who  shall  discharge  from  any  house, 
shop,  factory,  or  lot  in  the  actual  use  or  occupation  of  such  per- 
son, into  any  street  or  alley,  or  lot  within  said  city,  any  noisome 
or  offensive  liquid  or  substance  prejudicial  to  the  health  of  the 
citizens  residing  on  or  near  such  street  or  alley,  or  lot,  or  who* 


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shall  suffer  or  permit  any  noisome  or  offensive  smoke,  steam  or 
gas  to  escape  or  be  discharged  from  any  chimney,  or  pipe,  or 
opening  from  any  house,  shop,  factory,  or  any  building  in  the 
use  or  occupation  of  such  person,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  in 
either  case,  forfeit  and  pay  any  sum  not  exceeding  thirty  dol- 
lars ($30.00)  and  costs,  for  each  day  or  part  of  a day  during 
which  any  such  liquid  or  substance,  smoke,  steam,  or  gas  shall 
so  escape  or  he  discharged. 

MALICIOUS  MISCHIEF— INJURY  TO  BRIDGES, 

BUILDINGS,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  providing  a penalty  for  any  one  maliciously  destroy- 
ing or  defacing  property  in  the  city  of  Paris 
(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Whoever  shall  willfully,  maliciously,  or  negligently 
destroy,  injure,  mark,  cut  or  write  upon,  or  otherwise  deface 
or  injure  any  bridge  or  its  appurtenances,  or  any  public  or  pri- 
vate building,  fence,  railing  or  any  public  property  of  the  state, 
county  or  city,  or  any  private  property,  or  be  guilty  of  any  kind 
of  malicious  mischief,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars 
($5.00),  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00). 


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MOVING  HOUSES 

AN  ORDINANCE  directing  the  moving  of  houses  on  the  streets  of 

Paris. 

(Passed1  Oct.  7’,  1907.  Approved  Oct.  7,  1907.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the 
city  of  Paris,  That  no  building  shall  be  moved  to  a new  loca- 
tion over  the  streets  and  alleys  of  the  city  of  Paris,  Illinois, 
without  a permit  be  first  issued  therefor  by  authority  of  the  City 
Council  of  the  city  of  Paris,  Illinois. 

Section  2.  Any  person  or  persons  desiring  to  remove  any 
building  to  a new  location  over  any  street  or  alley  within  the 
city  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris,  shall  file  with  the  city  clerk,  of 
the  city  of  Paris  a written  application  therefor  setting  forth 
the  kind  of  building  to  be  removed,  its  original  cost,  its  dimen- 
sions in  extreme  length,  height  and  width,  its  present  location 
and  the  particular  lot  or  site  to  which  it  is  proposed  to  be  moved. 

Section  3.  Upon  the  filing  of  the  aforesaid  application,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  clerk  to  deliver  over  to  the  city 
engineer,  the  application  for  permit. 

Section  4.  The  city  engineer  shall  thereupon  thoroughly 
examine  said  building,  and  refer  the  application  aforesaid,  re- 
lating to  the  removal  of  building,  to  the  City  Council  of  the 
city  of  Paris,  together  with  his  opinion  indorsed  in  writting  up- 
on the  said  application  as  to  the  present  value  of  said  building 
compared  to  the  actual  cost,  and  whether  the  proposed  removal 


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can  be  made  without  serious  injury  to  person  or  property  also 
the  amount  of  bond  that  should  be  required. 

Section  5.  The  City  Council  may  thereupon  issue  a per- 
mit for  such  removal  designating  therein  the  particular  street 
or  alley  along  which  the  removal  shall  be  made,  provided,  how- 
ever, that  such  building  has  not  been  damaged  by  wear  and 
tear  or  other  causes  to  an  extent  not  exceeding  fifty  per  cent 
of  its  first  cost,  and  that  said  removal  can,  in  the  opinion  of 
the  said  City  Council,  be  made  without  serious  injury  to  pave- 
ments, electric  light  wires  and  all  other  wires  and  other  public 
improvements. 

Section  6.  That  the  City  Council,  as  a conditaion  precedent 
to  the  issuance  of  such  permit,  shall  require  a bond  to  be 
executed  by  the  person  desiring  such  removal  with  surety  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  city  clerk  of  the  city  of  Paris,  which 
bond  shall  be  in  terms  and  in  such  amount  as  said  City  Council 
may  prescribe,  conditioned  upon  the  strict  compliance  with  the 
terms  of  said  permit  as  to  the  route  to  be  taken  and  limit  of  time 
in  which  to  effect  such  removal,  and  to  repair  or  compensate 
for  the  repair  and  to  pay  all  damages  whatsoever  occasioned  by 
or  incident  to  such  removal,  and  to  pay  to  such  city  of  Paris,  as 
liquidated  damages  an  amount  not  exceeding  twenty-five  dol- 
lars ($25.00)  to  be  perscribed  by  the  City  Council  of  said  city 
of  Paris,  for  each  and  every  day’s  delay  in  completing  such  re- 
moval or  imparing  any  damage  to  property  or  public  improve- 
ments and  in  clearing  public  highway  of  all  debris  occasioned 
thereby. 


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Section  7.  Damages  above  mentioned,  relate  to  shade  trees, 
pavements,  curbing,  and  all  other  property  that  may  in  any  way 
be  effected  by  a removal  of  houses  or  structures  as  above  indicat- 
ed. 

Section  8.  The  city  clerk  shall  upon  the  granting  of  a per- 
mit by  the  City  Council,  to  remove  building  or  buildings,  upon 
the  payment  of  a fee  of  five  dollars  ($5.00)  to  the  city  treasurer, 
issue  to  the  person  to  whom  the  permit  is  granted,  a permit  to 
remove,  signed  by  the  city  clerk  under  the  seal  of  the  city  of 
Paris.  Permit  shall  state  the  conditions  under  which  the  per- 
mit was  granted  and  describe  the  route  to  be  used  and  length  of 
time  given  to  remove  building  or  buildings. 

Section  9.  Any  person  or  persons  moving  or  attempting  to 
remove  any  building  or  buildings  within  the  city  limits 
of  said  city  of  Paris,  without  a permit  granted  by  the  City 
Council,  shall  be  fined  any  sum  not  less  than  fifty  dollars 
($50.00)  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  ($200.00)  for 
each  and  every  offense. 

Section  10.  All  ordinances  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

MUNICIPAL  YEAR 

AN  ORDINANCE  designating  when  the  municipal  and  fiscal  year 

shall  commence. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  The  municipal  year  shall  commence  on  the  first 
Monday  of  May  of  each  year. 


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Section  2.  The  fiscal  year  of  said  city  shall  commence  on 
the  first  Monday  in  May  in  each  year. 

MINORS  TO  KEEP  OFF  CARS 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  minors  from  jumping  on  or  off  locomo- 
tives, electric  railways. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.  Amended  and  Passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Any  minor  or  other  person,  who  shall  climb,  jump, 
step,  stand  upon,  or  in  any  way  attach  himself  to  any  locomotive, 
engine,  street  or  interurban  car,  either  stationary  or  in  motion, 
upon  any  part  of  the  track  of  any  railroad,  unless  in  so  doing,  he 
shall  be  acting  in  compliance  with  law,  or  by  permission  under 
the  lawful  rules  and  regulations  of  the  corporation  then  own- 
ing or  managing  such  railroad  or  street  railway  shall  be  fined  in 
any  sum  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  ($20.00).  This  section 
to  be  applicable  to  steam  railways,  city  and  interurhan  street 
railways. 


MAYOR 

AN  ORDINANCE  prescribing  certain  duties  of  the  mayor. 

(Passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , The  mayor  shall  be  the  chief  executive  officer  of  the 
city  and  conservator  of  the  peace,  and  it  shall  be  his  special 
duty  to  cause  all  ordinances  and  regulations  of  the  city  to  be 
faithfully  and  constantly  obeyed.  The  mayor  and  the  commit- 


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tee  on  police  shall  make  such  rules  for  the  government  of  the 
police  officers  of  the  city  as  they  shall  deem  proper,  and  report 
them  to  the  City  Council  for  ratification  and  amendment,  and 
when  such  rules  and  regulations  shall  have  been  approved  by 
the  City  Council  they  shall  have  all  the  force  and  effect  of  the 
city  ordinances  properly  passed.  In  times  of  disorder  and  riot 
the  mayor  shall  have  the  power  to  organize  a special  police  force, 
the  members  of  which  shall  take  the  oath  of  office  and  he  govern- 
ed in  all  respects  by  the  laws  of  the  state,  the  ordinances  of  the 
city,  and  the  orders  and  directions  of  the  mayor.  Hie  shall,  as 
soon  as  practicable,  report  to  the  City  Council  the  names  and 
number  of  such  special  police  force,  the  services  rendered,  and 
the  occasion  calling  for  such  services.  The  City  Council  may  at 
any  time  order  such  special  force  to  he  discontinued. 

Section  2.  The  mayor  may  at  his  discretion,  upon  the  ap- 
plication of  any  person  or  corporation,  appoint  private  police- 
men or  watchmen  to  protect  the  person  or  property  of  such  ap- 
plicant; such  private  policemen  shall  be  vested  with  all  the 
powers  of  other  policemen,  but  shall  have  no  claim  upon  the  city 
for  any  services  rendered  as  such  private  policeman.  The  mayor 
shall  have  the  power  at  any  time  to  revoke  any  appointment  of 
such  private  policeman. 

Section  3.  The  mayor  shall  supervise  the  conduct  of  all 
appointive  officers  of  the  city,  examine  the  grounds  of  all  reas- 
onable complaints  made  against  them,  and  cause  all  their  viola- 
tion or  neglect  to  be  promptly  punished  or  reported  to  the  proper 


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tribunal  for  correction.  He  shall,  at ‘each  regular  meeting  of  the 
City  Council,  and  at  such  other  times  as  he  may  deem  expedi- 
ent, report  to  the  City  Council  concerning  the  municipal  af- 
fairs of  the  city,  and  recommend  such  measures  as  may  seem 
to  him  advisable.  He  shall  exercise  all  other  power,  and  per- 
form all  other  duties  now  or  hereinafter  conferred  on  him  by  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois  or  the  ordinances  of  the  city  of 
Paris. 


NUISANCES 

AN  ORDINANCE  defining  and  . rohibitiirg  nuisances. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Any  pen,  stable  lot,  place  or  premises  in  which  any 
animal  or  poultry  may  be  kept  or  confined,  and  which  shall  be- 
come nauseous,  foul  or  offensive,  or  from  any  cause  become  an 
annoyance  to  any  neighborhood,  family  or  person  within  the 
city,  shall  be  deemed  a nuisance.  And  if  the  owner  or  keeper 
of  any  such  animal  or  poultry,  or  the  owner  or  occupant  of  such 
premises,  upon  being  notified  to  abate,  remedy  or  remove 
such  nuisance  within  a time  to  be  specified  in  said  notice,  shall 
neglect  or  refuse  so  to  do  within  the  time  specified  by  the  board 
of  health,  or  any  police  or  other  officer  of  said  city,  he  shall  be 
fined  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one 


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hundred  dollars  and  shall  be  subject  to  a like  penalty  for  each 
day  he  shall  suffer  or  permit  such  nuisance  to  remain  after  the 
expiration  of  the  time  fixed  by  said  notice  for  the  abatement 
of  the  same. 

Section  2.  Whoever  shall  suffer  to  accumulate  on  any 
premises  owned  or  controlled  by  him,  any  heap  or  stack  of  man- 
nure  in  such  manner  as  to  emit  noxious,  disagreeable  or  offen- 
sive smells,  to  the  annoyance  of  any  person  or  family,  or  who- 
ever shall  place  any  such  manure  upon  any  public  street  or  al- 
ley, shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a nuisance.  And  if  such  person 
upon  being  notified  by  the  board  of  health,  or  any  police  or  other 
officer  of  the  city,  to  abate,  remedy  or  remove  such  nuisance 
within  a time  to  be  specified  in  such  notice,  shall  neglect  or  re- 
fuse so  to  do,  he  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  three  dollars,  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars;  and  shall  be  subject  to  a like 
penalty  for  each  day  he  shall  suffer  or  permit  such  nuisance  to 
remain  after  the  expiration  of  the  time  fixed  by  by  said  notice 
for  the  abatement  of  the  same. 

Section  3.  Whoever  shall  place,  deposit,  throw,  discharge, 
leave,  or  permit  to  remain,  or  shall  cause  or  permit  to  flow, 
liquid,  slops,  animal  matter  or  substance  of  any  kind  which  is, 
or  which  is  likely  to  become  rotten,  foul,  nauseous,  putrid  or  of- 
fensive, in  or  upon  any  premises  owned,  controlled  or  occupied 
by  him,  or  into  or  upon  any  adjacent  premises,  or  upon  the 
premises  of  any  other  person,  or  into  any  street  or  alley,  shall 
be  guilty  of  a nuisance,  and  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  three  dol- 
lars, nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 


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Section  4.  Whoever  shall  suffer  or  permit  any  cellar, 
vault,  drain,  pool,  privy,  sewer,  yard,  grounds  or  premises,  own- 
ed, occupied  or  controlled  by  him,  to  become  from  any  cause, 
nauseous,  foul  or  offensive,  or  injurious  to  public  health,  or 
unpleasant  and  disagreeable  to  adjacent  residents,  or  to  any 
person  passing  along  any  street  or  alley  near  the  same,  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a nuisance,  and  if  such  person,  upon  being 
notified  by  the  board  of  health,  or  by  any  police  or  other  offi- 
cer, to  abate,  remedy  or  remove  such  nuisance  within  a time  to 
be  specified  in  said  notice,  shall  neglect  or  refuse  so  to  do,  he 
shall  be  fine  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars;  and  he  shall  be  subject  to  a like  penalty  for  each 
day  he  shall  suffer  or  permit  such  nuisance  to  remain  after  the 
expiration  of  the  time  fixed  by  said  notice  for  the  abatement  of 
the  same. 

Section  5.  Whoever  shall  keep  in  any  building,  store,  cel- 
lar, or  place  within  said  city,  any  pelts  or  skins  which  are  foul, 
nauseous  or  offensive  by  reason  of  their  bad  odor,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a nuisance.  And  if  such  person  upon  being 
notified  by  the  board  of  health,  or  by  any  police  or  other  officer 
of  said  city,  to  abate,  remove  or  remedy  such  nuisance  within 
a time  to  be  specified  in  such  notice,  shall  neglect  or  refuse  so 
to  do,  he  shall  be  subject  to  a penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dol- 
lars, nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars ; and  he  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  a like  penalty  for  each  day  after  the  expiration  of  the 
time  specified  in  said  notice,  he  shall  permit  such  nuisance  to 


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Section  6.  Whoever  shall  knowingly  suffer  any  dead  ani- 
mal belonging  to  him  to  remain  within  said  city  or  within  one- 
half  mile  from  the  limits  thereof,  so  as  to  he,  or  likely  to  be- 
come offensive  in  any  manner  to  any  person,  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a nuisance,  and  shall  he  fined  not  less  than  three  dol- 
lars, nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Section  7.  Any  person  moving  any  dead  animal  who  shall 
purposely  or  unnecessarily  cause  the  same  to  be  offensive  or 
annoying  to  any  other  person,  shall  he  subject  to  a penalty  of 
not  less  than  three  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Section  8.  Whoever  shall  keep  open  any  cellar  door,  or 
trap  door,  or  the  grating  of  any  vault,  in  or  upon  any  sidewalk, 
street  or  alley,  shall  he  deemed  guilty  of  a nuisance,  and  shall 
be  fined  not  less  than  three  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars. 

Section  9.  All  putrid  or  offensive  matters,  and  all  night 
soil  and  the  contents  of  sink,  privies,  vaults,  cess  pools,  and  all 
noxious  substances  in  said  city,  shall,  before  their  removal  or 
exposure,  he  disinfected  and  rendered  inoffensive  by  the  per- 
son who  removes  or  is  about  to  remove  the  same.  Any  person 
violating  this  section  shall  he  fined  not  less  than  three  dollars, 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Section  10.  The  bed,  boxes,  tubs  or  other  ‘ receptable  on 
any  cart-,  wagon  or  other  vehicle,  used  for  the  purpose  of  re- 
moving any  offal,  swill,  slops,  garbage,  or  the  contents  of  any 
privy  vault  or  cess  pool,  or  any  other  putrid  or  offensive  liquid 


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or  substance,  shall  be  so  constructed  and  maintained  that  no 
part  of  the  contents  thereof  shall  fall,  leak  or  spill  therefrom ; 
and  shall  be  tightly  covered  so  as  to  prevent  the  same  from  be- 
ing offensive.  Any  person  violating  this  section,  or  any  part 
thereof,  either  as  owner,  or  employer,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  three  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

Section  11.  Any  wooden  building  or  wooden  part  of  any 
building  which  may  be  situated  within  thirty  feet  of  any  conti- 
guous building,  and  which  may  be  in  danger  of  becoming  on 
fire,  or  setting  on  fire  any  contiguous  building  by  reason  of 
being  dilapidated,  out  of  repair  or  untenable,  or  by  reason  of 
any  fire  place,  grate,  stove,  pipe,  furnace  or  chimney,  or  any 
other  structure  or  apparatus  therein  used,  or  intended  to  be 
used  for  the  purpose  of  holding,  conducting  or  securing  any 
fire  being  insufficient  or  being  improperly  or  insufficiently  se- 
cured, is  hereby  declared  a nuisance. 

Section  12.  When  any  such  building  or  part  of  a building 
shall  be  reported  to  the  City  Council,  the  same  shall  be  referred 
to  an  appropriate  committee,  who  shall  examine  such  building, 
or  part  of  any  building  and  report  the  condition  thereof,  and 
if  the  City  Council  shall  be  satisfied  that  such  building  is  with- 
in thirty  feet  of  any  contiguous  building,  or  in  danger  of  becom- 
ing on  fire  or  setting  fire  to  any  contiguaus  building  by  reason 
of  any  of  the  causes  mentioned  in  the  last  preceding  section, 
they  may,  by  the  passage  of  an  ordinance,  declare  such  build- 
ing or  part  of  a building  to  be  a nuisance,  stating  the  cause 


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thereof,  and  requiring  the  owner  or  occupant  of  such  building 
or  part  of  a building,  or  other  person  liable  therefor,  to  re- 
move such  building  without  the  city  limits,  or  to  make  good 
and  properly  secure  any  such  fire  place,  grate,  stove,  pipe,  fun- 
nel or  chimney,  or  other  structure  or  apparatus  in  such  build- 
ing or  part  of  such  building  used  or  intended  to  be  used  for 
the  purpose  of  holding,  conducting  or  securing  any  fire  or  to 
require  him,  her  or  them,  otherwise  to  abate  such  nuisance 
within  such  time  as  they  may  deem  necessary. 

Section  13.  The  mayor  shall,  without  delay,  after  the  pas- 
sage of  such  ordinance  as  mentioned  in  the  last  preceding  sec- 
tion, make  out,  sign  and  deliver,  to  the  marshal  a notice  con- 
taining a copy  of  such  ordinance  directed  to  the  owner  of  such 
building  or  such  part  of  building,  requiring  him  to 
remove  the  same,  or  to  make  good  and  properly  se- 
cure such  fire  place,  grate,  stove,  pipe,  funnel  or  chimney,  or 
other  structure  or  apparatus  therein,  used  or  intended  to  be 
used  as  aforesaid,  in  compliance  therewith.  The  marshal 
shall,  without  delay,  serve  such  notice  upon  the  owner  of  such 
building  or  part  of  building,  or  his  agent,  and  the  person  in 
actual  occupancy  thereof,  if  any,  retaining  a copy  thereof ; 
but  if  the  owner  is  a non  resident  of  the  city  and  has  no  known 
agent  residing  in  the  city,  the  mayor  shall  send  the  notice  to 
him  by  mail,  directed  to  him  at  the  postoffice  at  which  he  us-* 
ually  receives  his  letters,  if  known,  retaining  a copy  there- 
of. If  no  owner  or  his  agent  can  be  found  in  the  city  and  the 


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owner’s  place  of  residence  is  unknown,  or  if  the  owner  is  un- 
known the  mayor  shall  cause  the  ordinance  to  be  published  at 
least  twice  in  the  newspaper  publishing  the  ordinances  of  the 
city,  which  shall  be  deemed  sufficient  notice  to  all  persons.  If 
any  such  building  or  part  of  building  shall  not  be  removed,  or 
such  fire  place,  stove,  grate,  stove  pipe,  funnel  or  chimney,  or 
other  structure  or  apparatus  therein,  used  or  intended  to  be 
used  as  aforesaid,  shall  not  be  made  good  and  properly  secure, 
in  compliance  with  such  notice  at  the  expiration  of  the  time  nam- 
ed therein,  the  mayor  shall  order  the  city  marshal  to  move  or 
tear  down  such  building  or  part  of  building,  or  so  much  thereof  as 
may  be  necessary,  or  in  some  other  manner  to  remedy  such  dan- 
ger and  abate  such  nuisance. 

Section  14.  The  marshal  shall,  without  delay,  execute  the 
order  of  the  mayor,  and  shall  report  the  costs  of  so  doing  upon 
oath  to  the  City  Council,  and  the  same  may  be  collected  of  the 
owner  of  the  building  or  the  occupant  thereof  or  any  person 
liable  therefor,  by  suit  in  the  name  of  the  city,  before  any  court 
having  jurisdiction. 

Section  15.  Any  owner  of  any  such  building,  who  shall, 
when  notified  so  to  do,  neglect  or  refuse  to  remove  the  same,  or 
any  such  owner  or  any  occupant  thereof  who  shall  neglect  or  re- 
fuse to  make  good  or  perfectly  secure  any  such  fire  place,  grate, 
stove,  stove  pipe,  funnel  or  chimney,  or  other  structure  or  ap- 
paratus therein,  used  or  intended  to  be  used  as  aforesaid,  or 
otherwise  to  abate  such  nuisances  in  compliance  with  such  no- 


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tice,  shall  be  subject  to  a penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty  dol- 
lars, and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars. 

Section  16.  Any  building  or  erection,  or  part  thereof, 
which  shall  be  in  danger  of  falling,  or  otherwise  in  such  condi- 
tion as  to  endanger  the  safety  of  persons  under  or  near  the 
same,  or  residing  adjacent  thereto,  or  to  endanger  any  prop- 
erty contiguous  thereto,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a nuisance. 

Section  17.  When  knowledge  of  any  such  dangerous  build- 
ing or  erection  shall  come  to  the  mayor,  he  shall,  without  de- 
lay, summon  three  disinterested  citizens  of  the  city,  who  shall 
with  him  inspect  such  building  or  erection,  and  if  they,  or  a 
majority  of  them,  shall  be  of  the  opinion  that  the  same  endang- 
ers the  safety  of  persons  passing  under  or  near  the  same,  or  re- 
siding adjacent  thereto,  or  any  property  contiguous  thereto  the 
mayor  shall,  without  delay,  notify  or  cause  to  be  notified,  the 
owner  or  person  having  charge  of  such  building,  or  erection 
forthwith  to  remove,  demolish  or  otherwise  secure  the  same,  or 
such  part  thereof  as  may  be  necessary;  and  upon  his  failing  or 
refusing  to  comply  with  such  notice,  the  mayor  shall,  without 
delay  cause  such  building  or  erection,  or  such  part  thereof  as 
may  be  necessary  to  be  removed,  demolished  or  otherwise  secur- 
ed, so  as  to  be  safe  and  harmless,  and  the  owner  of  such  build- 
ing or  erection,  or  persons  having  charge  of  the  same,  who  shall 
fail  or  refuse  to  comply  with  such  notice  shall  be  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  and  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  dollars ; and  (the  costs  of  removing,  demolishing  or  se- 


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curing  such  building  or  erection,  shall  be  reported  to  the  City 
Council  by  the  mayor,  and  the  same  may  be'  collected  of  the 
owner  of  such  building  or  erection,  or  person  having  the 
same  in  charge,  by  suit  in  the  name  of  the  city,  before  any  court 
having  jurisdiction. 

Section  18.  When  any  nuisance,  or  anything  likely  to  be- 
come a nuisance,  shall  be  found  by  the  city  marshal,  policeman, 
member  of  the  board  of  health  or  other  officer  of  said  city,  or 
if  such  nuisance  shall  be  reported  to  them,  it  shall  then  be  the 
duty  of  the  city  marshal  to  serve,  or  cause  to  be  served,  a notice 
upon  the  owner,  tenant  or  occupant  of  the  premises  where 
such  nuisance  exists  or  the  author  of  the  same,  thereby  notify- 
ing him  to  abate,  remedy  or  remove  the  same  within  a cer- 
tain time,  to  be  specified  in  said  notice,  which  shall  not  be  less 
than  twelve  hours  nor  more  than  thirty,  owing  to  the  nature 
or  character  of  the  nuisance  complained  of.  In  case  the 
person  so  notified  shall  not  comply  with  said  notice  the  marshal 
or  any  police  officer  of  said  city  shall  enter  upon  the  premises 
where  such  nuisance  exists,  and  abate,  remedy  or  remove  the 
same,  and  shall  forthwith  bring  suit  against  such  persons  in  the 
name  of  the  city,  for  the  penalty  incurred  by  the  violation  of 
this  ordinance,  or  any  section  thereof ; and  the  costs  of  the  abate- 
ment or  removal  of  such  nuisance  may  also  be  recovered  wfith 
the  penalty,  or  by  a separate  suit  in  the  name  of  the  city  be- 
fore any  court  having  jurisdiction. 

Section  19.  When  any  nuisance  or  anything  likely  to  be- 
come a nuisance,  is  found  upon  any  premises,  and  the  owner, 


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tenant  or  occupant  of  said  premises,  or  the  author  or  cause  of 
such  nuisance  cannot  he  found  or  is  unknown,  the  city  marshal 
or  any  policeman  of  said  city  shall  forthwith  enter  upon  said 
premises  and  abate,  remedy  or  remove  said  nuisance.  The  city 
marshal  may  report  to  the  City  Council  the  costs  and  expense 
of  the  abatement  of  said  nuisance,  and  a suit  to  recover  the 
amount  thereof  shall  be  instituted  in  the  name  of  the  city 
against  the  owner  or  occupant  of  said  premises  or  against  the  au- 
thor of  such  nuisance  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction 
where  he  shall  be  found. 

Section  20.  The  washing  or  cleaning  of  any  carriage,  bug- 
gy, gig,  wagon,  cab,  or  other  vehicle  in  or  upon  the  streets  or 
sidewalks  of  the  city  is  hereby  declared  a nuisance,  and  any  per- 
son or  persons  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty  dol- 
lars. 


NUISANCE  TO  DRINK  IN  PUBLIC 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  public  drinking  of  intoxicating  liquors. 
(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  If  two  or  more  persons  shall  assemble  together,  or 
who  being  together  shall  in  any  public  place,  or  in  any  place 
open  to  public  view  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city, 
drink  any  vinous,  spirituous,  fermented,  mixed  malt  or  other 
intoxicating  liquors  of  any  kind  whatsoever,  they  shall  be  deem- 


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ed  guilty  of  creating  a nuisance,  and  shall  each  he  subject  to  a 
penalty  of  not  less  than  five,  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred 
dollars  for  each  offense. 


OBSCENE  BOOKS  ETC.-SALE  OF 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  sale  or  offering  for  sale  obscene 
books,  or  other  literature. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  . Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  bring  within  the  limits  of  said  city, 
for  the  purpose  of  sale  or  exhibition,  or  shall  sell  or  offer  to 
sell,  or  shall  give  away  or  offer  to  give  away,  or  shall  in  any 
manner  exhibit,  or  shall  make,  draw,  print,  or  publish  any  ob- 
scene, indecent  or  scandalous  book,  pamphlet,  newspaper,  jour- 
nal, print,  publication,  paper  or  writing  of  any  kind,  or  any  ob- 
scene, indecent  or  lewd  picture,  drawing,  engraving,  card, 
photograph,  model,  cast  or  instrument,  or  any  article  of  inde- 
cent or  immoral  use,  shall,  on  conviction  be  fined  not  less  than 
twenty-five  dollars,  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense. 

Section  2.  Whoever  shall  keep  or  have  in  his  or  her  pos- 
session, within  said  city,  any  of  the  obscene  or  indecent  articles 
or  things  mentioned  in  the  last  preceding  section,  with  or 
without  intent  to  sell  or  dispose  of  the  same,  shall,  on  convic- 
tion, be  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  dol- 
lars. 


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OBSCENE  WRITING  OR  FIGURE 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  drawing  or  making  in  place  obscene 
or  indecent  works  or  figures. 

(Passed  June  5,  1905.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall,  in  any  place  open  to  public  view 
write,  mark,  draw,  cut,  or  make  any  obscene  or  indecent  word, 
sentence,  design  or  figure,  shall  he  fined  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

OIL 

AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  the  storage  of  explosive  oil. 

(Passed  Dec.  5,  1910.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  pr  persons 
firm  or  corporation,  to  keep  or  store  any  petroleum.  Naptha, 
benzine,  gasoline,  coal  oil,  or  any  products  of  petroleum  or  any 
inflammable  or  explosive  oils  within  the  space  of  320  feet  of 
any  dwelling  house,  store  room,  building,  barn,  shed,  or  any 
other  like  structure  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city  of 
Paris  in  a quantity  greater  than  five  barrels  of  50  gallons  each 
at  one  time,  unless  the  same  shall  he  contained  in  a steel  tank 
or  tanks  of  the  best  approved  make  for  that  purpose  and  said 
tank  or  tanks  shall  he  contained  and  kept  in  a fire  proof  building 
the  walls  of  which  shall  be  built  of  brick,  concrete,  or  stone  and 
the  roof  of  which  shall  be  built  of  metal,  tile,  or  slate;  and 
said  building  shall  be  kept  in  good  repair. 


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The  walls  of  said  building  shall  be  so  constructed  as  to  pre- 
vent the  escape  from  said  building  of  the  contents  of  such  tank 
or  tanks,  for  a sufficient  height  above  the  ground  to  form  a reser- 
voir or  receptacle  of  a capacity  of  not  less  than  double  the 
capacity  of  such  tank  or  tanks.  The  floor  of  said  building  or 
basement  thereof  shall  in  no  way  be  connected  with  any  of 
the  tile  drains  of  said  city. 

Section  2.  Any  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation, 
violating  Section  1 of  this  ordinance,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  $15.00  nor  more  than  $200.00 
for  each  offense,  and  each  day  shall  constitute  a separate  of- 
fense. 

Section  3.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  con- 
flict with  the  terms  of  this  ordinance  or  any  part  thereof  now 
in  force  in  the  city  of  Paris  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  4.  This  ordinance  shall  be  published  immediate- 
ly after  its  passage  and  shall  be  in  force  ninety  days  after  its 
publication  in  a newspaper  in  the  city  of  Paris. 

ORANGE  PEEL,  BANANAS,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  throwing  of  fruit  on  sidewalks  in 
the  city  of  Paris. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Whoever  shall  throw7,  cast,  lay  or  place  on  any  side- 


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walk  in  said  city,  the  rind  or  peel  of  any  orange,  banana,  apple 
or  other  fruit,  shall  he  fined  not  less  than  one  dollar,  nor  more 
than  ten  dollars. 


ORDINANCES 

AN  ORDINANCE  concerning  the  construction  and1  effect  of  ordi- 
nances and  their  publication. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.  Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Conned  of  the  city 
of  Paris , When  any  ordinance  or  part  of  an  ordinance  shall 
be  repealed  or  modified  by  a subsequent  ordinance,  the  ordi- 
nance or  part  of  an  ordinance  thus  repealed  or  modified  shall 
continue  in  force  until  the  ordinances  repealing  or  modifying 
the  same  takes  effect,  unless  it  shall  be  therein  otherwise  ex- 
pressly provided. 

Section  2.  When  the  provisions  of  different  ordinances  or 
of  the  different  sections  of  any  ordinances  conflict  with  or  con- 
travene each  other,  the  provisions  and  requirements  of  each 
ordinance  or  section  shall  prevail  as  to  all  subjects,  matters 
and  questions  arising  out  of  or  embraced  within  the  subject 
matter  thereof.  But  if  different  provisions  be  found  in  differ- 
ent sections  of  the  same  ordinance,  the  provisions  of  the  sec- 
tion which  is  last  in  numerical  order  shall  prevail,  unless  such 
construction  would  be  repugnant  to  or  inconsistent  with  the 
meaning  of  such  ordinance  or  section. 

Section  3.  The  word  “Court”  when  used  in  any  ordinance 
shall  be  construed  to  mean  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction, 


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whether  police  magistrate’s  court,  justice  of  the  peace,  or 
^courts  of  record. 

Section  4.  No  ordinance  or  part  of  any  ordinance  re- 
pealed by  any  other  ordinance  shall  be  revived  by  the  repeal  of 
the  repealing  ordinance,  unless  it  shall  be  therein  otherwise 
expressly  provided. 

Section  5.  When  in  any  ordinance  words  importing  the 
singular  number  are  used  in  reference  to  any  person  or  subject 
matter,  such  words  shall  be  deemed  to  extend  to  and  embrace 
-several  persons,  matters  or  subjects  and  words  used  collectively 
or  importing  the  plural  number  shall  be  deemed  to  extend  to 
and  embrace  any  singular  person,  matter  or  subject  as  well  as 
to  several,  and  when  any  person  or  subject  matter  shall  be  named, 
referred  to  or  described  by  words  importing  the  masculine 
gender  or  by  general  terms,  females  as  well  as  males  shall  be 
deemed  included  in  the  meaning  and  terms  thereof,  and  the 
words,  “person”  or  “persons”  or  words  importing  any  person 
or  persons,  shall  be  deemed  to  include  corporations  as  well  as 
individuals.  The  word  “month”  when  used  in  any  ordinance, 
shall  be  constructed  to  mean  a calendar  month;  and  the  word 
“oath”  shall  be  deemed  to  include  an  affirmation,  and  the  word 
“sworn”  to  mean  sworn  or  affirmed. 

Section  6.  When  any  duty  shall  be  required  of  or  power 
vested  in  the  mayor,  the  same  shall  be  deemed  to  extend  to  and 
embrace  and  may  be  exercised  by  the  acting  mayor,  or  mayor 
pro  tern  also,  and  when  any  duty  shall  be  required  of  or  any 


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power  vested  in  the  city  marshal,  the  same  shall  be  deemed  to 
extend  to  and  embrace  and  may  be  exercised  by  a policeman,  un- 
less such  construction  would  he  contrary  to  the  terms  of  the 
ordinance  or  in  derogation  of  the  city  charter. 

Section  7.  The  rules  of  construction  herein  prescribed 
shall  apply  in  all  cases,  unless  it  shall  be  otherwise  expressly 
provided  in  the  ordinance,  or  unless  there  be  something  in  the 
subject  matter  or  contents  thereof  repugnant  to  such  construc- 
tion, and  all  general  terms,  provisions,  phrases  or  expressions 
used  in  any  ordinance  shall  be  liberally  construed,  in  order  that 
the  true  meaning  and  intent  of  the  City  Council  may  be  car- 
ried out. 

Section  8.  No  line,  forfeiture,  penalty,  right,  action,  suit, 
debt  or  other  liability  whatever,  created,  instituted  incurred  or 
accrued  by  or  under  any  ordinance  prior  to  its  repeal  or  modifi- 
cation, shall  be  released,  discharged,  amended  or  repealed,  or  in 
any  wise  effected  by  the  passage  of  such  repealing  or  modify- 
ing ordinance,  but  the  same  may  be  prosecuted,  recovered  or 
enjoyed,  or  any  suit  or  other  proceeding  commenced  or  com- 
pleted thereon  as  fully  and  in  the  same  manner  in  all  respects 
as  if  such  ordinance  or  part  thereof  had  remained  in  full  force, 
unless  it  shall  be  otherwise  expressly  provided  in  the  ordinance 
making  such  repeal  or  modification. 

Section  9.  When  any  fine  or  penalty  shall  be  imposed  by 
different  ordinances,  or  sections  or  clauses  of  different  ordin- 
nances,  for  the  same  offense,  the  officer  or  person  prosecuting 


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may  choose  under  which  ordinance  or  section  to  proceed,  and  a 
recovery  under  the  same  shall  be  a bar  to  any  further  pro- 
ceedings under  any  other  provision  for  the  same  offense. 

Section  10.  All  ordinances  passed  by  the  City  Council 
shall  be  enrolled  by  the  city  clerk  in  the  record  book  of  ordi- 
nances, and  shall  be  properly  indexed  by  their  titles  or  sub- 
jects, and  he  shall,  without  delay,  cause  all  ordinances  requir- 
ed by  law,  to  be  so  published,  to  be  published  in  the  newspaper 
authorized  to  publish  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  with  his  certi- 
ficate, under  the  corporate  seal  attached,  that  the  same  is  a true 
and  authentic  copy  of  the  original  ordinance  (or  ordinances) 
and  that  it  is  printed  and  published  by  authority  of  the  City 
Council.  He  shall  procure  the  certificate  of  the  printer  or  pub- 
lisher of  the  newspaper  publishing  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  of 
the  due  publication  of  such  ordinance,  and  attach  the  same  to 
the  original  ordinance,  or  he  may  write  and  attest  such  affi- 
davit or  any  other  competent  proof  of  such  due  publication  up- 
on the  face  of  the  record  of  ordinances.  The  city  clerk  shall 
file  and  preserve  the  original  of  all  ordinances  in  his  office,  and 
he  may  correct  any  errors  in  the  numbering  of  any  chapter  or 
section  of  any  ordinance  and  insert  the  proper  numbers;  and 
he  may  omit  words  inserted,  or  supply  with  brackets,  words 
omited  by  clerical  mistake.  Hie  shall  attend  to  the  printing  of 
all  ordinances  requiring  publication  or  ordered  to  be  published, 
and  read  the  proof  sheets  thereof,  and  see  that  they  are  cor- 
rectly and  properly  printed  and  published. 


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Section  11.  All  ordinances  now  in  force  in  tlie  city  of  Par- 
is, and  not  inconsistent  with  these,  the  revised  ordinances,  shall 
remain  in  force  under  these  ordinances  until  altered,  modified 
or  repealed  by  the  City  Council,  after  these,  the  revised  ordi- 
nances, shall  take  effect.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  with  these  revised  ordinances,  or  any  section  thereof, 
are  hereby  repealed. 


PAPER  BOXES 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  defacing  of  paper  waste  boxes. 
(Passed  April  2,  1906.  Approved  April  3,  1906.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  remove, 
injure,  deface,  or  damage  any  city  waste  paper  box  in  the  city 
of  Paris. 

Section  2.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
Section  1 of  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less 
than  $5.00  nor  more  than  $200.00. 

PAVEMENTS,  ETC.— OBSTRUCTING  PUBLIC  IM- 
PROVEMENTS. 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  tearing  up  of  pavements,  or  ob- 
structing the  same. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Whoever  shall  tear  up  or  injure  any  pavement,  side- 


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walk,  cross  walk,  drain  or  sewer,  or  shall  hinder  or  obstruct  the 
making  or  repairing  of  the  same,  or  of  any  other  public  work  or 
improvement  being  done  under  city  authority,  shall  he  fined 
not  less  than  ten  dollars,  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars 
for  each  offense. 

PEDDLER 

AN  ORDINANCE  in  relation  to  peddlers  and  hawkers. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.  Amended:  and  Passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Every  person,  who  shall  sell  or  offer  any  goods, 
wares,  merchandise  or  other  articles  of  value  for  sale,  barter  or 
exchange  at  any  place  in  and  upon,  along  or  through  the  streets, 
avenues,  alleys,  or  other  public  places  within  the  city  limits  of 
the  city  of  Paris  shall  be  deemed  a peddler. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  peddler  to  exer- 
cise his  calling  within  the  limits  of  said  city  without  license, 
and  any  person  violating  this  section  shall  be  fined  not  less  than 
■three  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Section  3.  The  city  clerk  is  hereby  authorized  in  his  dis- 
cretion to  grant  a peddler’s  license  to  any  person  applying  in 
writing  for  the  same,  upon  the  payment  of  two  hundred  dollars 
for  one  year  or  one  hundred  dollars  for  six  months,  or  fifty 
dollars  for  three  months  and  no  other  fee.  All  license  shall  be 
made  to  expire  the  last  day  of  April  next  after  the  date  thereof, 
provided  that  the  city  clerk  shall  be  satisfied  that  the  person  ap- 


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plying  is  in  all  respects  a suitable  and  proper  person  to  be  so 
licensed  and  of  good  moral  character,  and  the  licenses  issued 
shall  set  forth  the  kind  of  goods  and  merchandise  he  desires  to 
peddle  and  the  mode  of  conveyance  of  the  same;  such  license 
shall  be  granted  for  one  year;  for  six  months  or  for  three 
months;  it  shall  be  subject  to  be  revoked  by  the  mayor  in  his 
discretion  for  any  improper  conduct  on  the  part  of  the  person 
so  licensed,  any  person  licensed  as  aforesaid  who  shall  be  guilty 
of  any  fraud,  cheat,  misrepresentation  or  imposition  while 
acting  in  such  capacity  or  who  shall  peddle  any  other  kind 
of  goods,  merchandise  or  article,  or  use  any  other  mode  of  con- 
veyance than  that  specified  in  his  license  without  leave  of  the 
mayor,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  subject  to  a fine  of  not 
less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars. 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  clerk  to  make  out 
all  license  granted  to  peddlers  and  hawkers  and  issue  the  same 
on  receiving  from  the  applicant  an  application  therefor  and 
specifying  the  duration  of  said  license  and  the  applicant  shall 
also  show  the  receipt  of  the  city  treasurer  for  the  sum  corres- 
ponding with  the  order  and  fees  hereinbefore,  specified  in  Sec- 
tion 3 of  this  ordinance  and  in  the  absence  of  the  city  treas- 
urer the  clerk  shall  receipt  him  for  such  license  fee. 

Section  5.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  contained  shall  extend 
to  any  sale  by  auction  made  pursuant  to  or  in  execution  of  any 
order  of  any  court  or  of  the  United  States  or  made  in  virtue 
of  distress  or  other  cause  for  which  distress  is  allowed  by  law 


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or  made  by,  on  or  behalf  of  executors  or  administrators  as  such, 
nor  shall  this  ordinance  be  construed  to  prevent  the  sale  at 
auction  by  any  citizens  of  said  city  of  his,  her  or  their  house- 
holds goods,  horses,  cattle  and  hogs. 

Section  6.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  sections  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  liable  to  a fine  of  not  less  than  three  dollars 
nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  and  to  pay  all  costs  of  pro- 
secution. 

Section  7.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  con- 
flict to  this  ordinance  are  and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

PLUMBERS 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  provide  for  the  licensing  of  plumbers,  the  su- 
pervising and  inspecting  of  plumbing  and  sewer  'drainages. 

(Passed  November  14,  1900.  Amended  May  5,  1902.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Any  person  or  persons  desiring  to  engage  in  or  wTork 
at  the  business  of  plumbing  in  the  city  of  Paris,  either  as  mas- 
ter plumber,  or  as  employing  plumber,  or  as  journeyman 
plumber,  shall  obtain  a certificate  from  the  board  of  examiners, 
as  provided  by  the  statute  of  Illinois,  and  having  obtained  this, 
shall  obtain  a license  from  the  city  clerk  of  this  city. 

Permits 

Section  2.  Permit  for  the  drainage  and  plumbing  of  any 
building  public,  or  private  or  for  alteration  in  the  existing  sys- 
tem of  drainage  or  plumbing  shall  be  obtained  from  the  duly  ap- 


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pointed  inspector  of  plumbing  before  entering  upon  such  work. 

Section  3.  A neatly  drawn  plan  of  the  plumbing  and 
drainage  system  showing  all  fixtures,  connections  as  shall  ac- 
company each  application  for  a permit  which  plans  shall  be 
placed  on  file  by  the  inspector  of  plumbing. 

Duties  of  Plumbing  Inspector 

Section  4.  The  plumbing  inspector  shall  issue  plumbing 
permits,  approve  and  disapprove  house  sewerage  plans,  keep  all 
records  pertaining  to  the  department  and  his  decisions  on 
plumbing  plans  shall  be  final.  He  shall  be  charged  with  the 
enforcement  of  the  ordinance  and  shall  have  power  to  act  in  all 
special  cases  not  distinctly  covered  by  this  ordinance.  Hie  shall 
make  on  annual  report  to  the  City  Council  at  the  close  of  his 
term  of  office,  giving  a synopsis  of  the  year’s  work  and  shall 
make  such  recommendations  as  in  his  opinion  would  be  conduc- 
ive to  good  house  sanitation. 

Section  5.  The  plumbing  inspector  who  is  hereby  vested 
with  police  power,  and  who  shall  have  access  ait  all  houses  of 
the  day  to  all  buildings  in  the  city  of  Paris  for  the  purpose  of 
inspecting  plumbing,  shall  inspect  and  test  all  plumbing  and 
drainage  in  said  city  within  forty-eight  hours  after  notification 
of  completion. 

Defective  Plumbing 

Section  6.  Any  existing  plumbing  and  drainage  in  the  city 
of  Paris  not  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  this  ordi- 


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nance  if  called  to  the  attention  of  the  inspector  of  plumbing 
shall  he  reported  to  the  hoard  of  health  which  body  shall  take 
such  action  as  in  their  opinions  is  necessary  for  the  proper  pro- 
tection of  human  life. 

Sewers  and  Cess  Pools 

Section  7.  In  districts  provided  with  a sanitary  sewer  all 
house  connections  shall  be  made  direct  at  such  points  as  desig- 
nated by  the  inspectors  of  plumbing  in  districts  not  provided 
with  a proper  sewer  the  main  house  drain  shall  discharge  into 
a cess  pool  constructed  as  herein  described. 

Section  8.  Cess  pools  shall  be  built  of  brick  and  must 
have  both  outer  and  inner  shell  eight  inches  in  thickness.  The 
inner  face  of  the  outer  shell  and  the  bottom  of  cess  pool  shall 
have  a neat  cement  coating  one  inch  in  thickness  to  make  the 
same  water  tight.  The  liquid  matter  perculating  through  the 
inner  shell  shall  be  conveyed  to  an  open  ditch  or  storm  drain 
through  a properly  constructed  drain.  The  whole  cess  pool 
shall  be  drawn  into  a circular  opening  which  shall  be  covered 
with  an  iron  man  hole  cover  to  make  the  same  air  tight. 

House  Sewer 

Section  9.  Each  building  shall  have  a separate  house 
sewer  which  when  five  feet  or  more  from  the  wall  of  the  house 
shall  be  five  inches  in  diameter  unless  otherwise  directed  by  the 
plumbing  inspector  and  shall  be  laid  to  a uniform  gradient  of 
no  less  than  one-fourth  of  an  inch  to  the  foot.  The  drain  shall 


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be  cylinderical  glazed  vitrified  pipe  of  the  best  quality  hub 
and  spigot  type.  The  joints  shall  be  made  tight  with  equal 
parts  of  portland  cement  and  sand  mixed  dry  and  enough  water 
to  give  consistency.  All  joints  on  the  inside  shall  be  cleaned  out 
with  a swab. 

Section  10.  !No  house  drain  vitrified  pipe  shall  be  laid 
within  25  feet  of  a well  used  for  drinking  purposes.  ~No  cess 
pool  drain  shall  be  built  within  25  feet  of  a well  used  for  drink 
ing  purposes.  If  house  sewers  are  to  be  laid  nearer  wells  cast 
iron  pipes  with  leaded  joints  must  be  used. 

Section  11.  The  trench  shall  be  left  uncovered  until  the 
work  has  been  accepted  by  the  plumbing  inspector. 

Soil  and  Waste  Pipes 

Section  12.  The  soil  pipes  shall  be  of  extra  heavy  cast 
iron  four  (4)  inches  inside  diameter,  coated  while  hot  both  in- 
side and  outside,  with  asphaltum  or  tar.  They  shall  extend 
through  the  roof  for  ventilation  no  less  than  two  (2)  feet. 

Section  13.  Main  waste  pipes  in  which  wash  basins,  bath 
tubs,  or  kitchen  sinks  discharge,  must  be  at  least  two  inches  in 
diameter.  With  one  and  one-half  inch  branches,  all  waste 
pipes  and  fixtures  other  than  water  closets  must  be  provided  at 
the  outlet  of  such  fixtures  with  strong  metallic  strainers  to  ex- 
clude from  each  waste  pipe  all  substance  likely  to  obstruct  them. 

Section  14.  Before  extending  through  the  roof  the  soil 
and  waste  pipes  shall  be  enlarged  two  inches  in  diameter ; soil, 
bent  and  waste  pipes  must  be  carried  through  the  roof  where 


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‘Otherwise  they  would  open  within  twenty-five  (25)  feet  of  the 
windows  or  doors  of  adjoining  buildings. 

Traps 

Section  15.  There  shall  be  where  the  house  drainage  dis- 
charges into  a cess  pool  a running  trap  in  an  accessible  position 
on  the  main  house  drain  with  a four  (4)  inch  clean  out  on  the 
sewer  side  and  a four  (4)  inch  fresh  air  inlet  on  the  house  side. 

Section  16.  Elach  fixture  connected  with  the  drainage  sys- 
tem shall  be  separately  and  effectually  trapped.  In  no  case 
shall  the  waste  from  a bath  tub  or  other  fixtures  be  connected 
with  a water  closet  trap  or  revent  connection  of  the  same.  Traps 
shall  not  be  placed  more  than  two  feet  from  the  inlet  of  the  fix- 
tures. 

Section  17.  A grease  trap  of  approved  pattern  shall  be 
used  in  connection  with  slop  sinks,  kitchen  or  pantry  sinks,  in 
all  hotels,  laundries,  eating  houses  and  boarding  houses  when 
the  waste  discharge  into  a sanitary  sewer. 

Section  18.  All  traps  shall  be  protected  from  syphonage 
either  by  using  anti-syplion  traps  or  by  reventing  the  crown  of 
each  trap,  anti-syphon  traps  must  be  approved  by  the  inspector 
of  plumbing. 

Ventilating  Pipes 

Section  19.  The  main  ventilating  pipe  shall  be  standard 
galvanized  pipe. 

Revent  pipes  shall  be  of  cast  iron,  wrought  iron  or  lead.  If 
cast  iron  they  shall  conform  to  the  requirements  of  soil  and 


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waste  pipes.  If  of  wrought  iron  they  shall  be  standard  gal- 
vanized and  shall  be  connected  with  screw  joints  and  red  lead. 

If  lead  is  used  for  vent  pipes  or  for  branch  waste  pipes,  it 
shall  have  a weight  of  no  less  than  the  following : One  inch  pipe 
two  lbs.  per  foot  one-fourth  inch  pipe  2 and  one-half  lbs.  per 
foot,  one  and  one-half  inch  pipe,  three  and  one-half  pounds 
per  foot,  2 inch  pipe  5 lbs.  per  foot,  three  inch  pipe  6 lbs.  per- 
foot. 

Section  20.  Revents  shall  in  no  case  be  less  in  diameter 
than  inside  door  if  trap  for  branches  are  two  (2)  inches  for  the 
vertical  pipe.  If  more  than  -five  fixtures  are  revented  from  one 
pipe  the  main  vent  shall  be  increased  as  required  by  the  inspec- 
tor of  plumbing.  If  less  than  five  fixtures  discharging  into  the 
vertical  pipe  the  vent  pipe  may  be  branched  into  the  vertical 
pipe  two  feet  or  more  above  the  waste  of  the  highest  fixtures. 

Wash  Water  and  Subsoil  Drainage 

Section  21.  The  over  flow  from  wells  and  cisterns  shall  in 
no  case  discharge  directly  into  a house  connection  leading  to  a 
sanitary  sewer  or  cess  pool.  The  water  shall  discharge  direct- 
ly into  a house  connection  leading  to  a sanitary  sewer  or  cess 
pool.  The  water  shall  discharge  into  a water  tight  basin.  There 
shall  also  be  a running  trap  not  more  than  two  feet  from  the 
sewer  and  check  valve  to  prevent  back  pressure.  This  basin 
shall  receive  no  other  waste. 

Section  22.  The  subsoil  drainage  pipes  from  the  cellar  or 
elsewhere  shall  in  no  case  discharge  into  a cesspool.  If  dis- 


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charging  into  a sanitary  sewer  it  shall  be  through  a running 
trap.  Not  more  than  two  (2)  feet  from  the  main  house  drain 
protected  from  hack  water  by  a check  valve. 

Section  23.  No  fixture  shall  be  permitted  to  be  boxed  in 
or  enclosed  with  sheeting  or  doors,  all  fixtures  shall  be  non- 
porous  and  non  absorbant.  The  overflow  from  fixtures  shall 
connect  with  wastes  on  house  side  of  trap. 

Section  24.  Water  closets  shall  be  placed  in  rooms  opening 
to  the  outside  air.  Each  water  closet  shall  be  supplied  from 
special  tanks  of  five  gallons  or  more  capacity.  The  flush  pipe 
shall  not  be  less  than  one  and  one-fourth  inches  inside  diamet- 
er. Water  closets  must  be  approved  pattern. 

Section  25.  Outside  water  closets  shall  be  of  the  type 
known  as  anti-freeze  closets ; when  same  discharge  into  cess  pool 
or  sanitary  sewer,  urinals  shall  hold  a body  of  water  in  the  bowl. 
They  shall  be  flushed  from  tanks  all  materials  about  the  winds 
shall  be  non-absorbant  and  non-corrosive. 

Testing 

Section  26.  Upon  the  completion  of  the  drainage  system 
the  entire  drainage  and  plumbing  system  shall  be  tested  by  the 
plumber  in  the  presence  of  the  plumbing  inspector  under  a wa- 
ter, air  of  a peppermint  test  as  directed ; all  pipes  must  remain 
uncovered  to  facilitate  this  matter. 

Section  27.  That  master  plumbers  be  required  to  pay  to 
the  city  clerk,  for  issuing  them  their  license,  the  sum  of  one 


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dollar,  and  that  journeyman  plumbers  be  required  to  pay  to 
the  city  clerk  the  sum  of  fifty  cents  for  issuing  them  their 
license. 

Section  28.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  this 
ordinance,  or  failing  to  comply  with  any  of  its  provisions,  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  shall  he  subject  to  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  $2  nor  more  than  $25  for  each  and  every 
violation  thereof,  and  his  certificate  may  he  revoked  by  the 
mayor  or  plumbing  inspector  of  this  city. 

POLE  LINE  ORDINANCE 

AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  telephone,  telegraph,  electric  and  all 
commercial  poles  in  the  city  of  Paris. 

(Passed  Nov.  6,  1898.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , All  pole  lines  shall  he  constructed  in  alleys  or  across 
the  rear  of  lots  in  the  absence  of  alleys,  unless  a permit  to 
construct  same  on  streets  is  obtained  from  city  engineer  and 
signed  by  two  (2)  members  of  the  street  and  alley  comimttee. 

Section  2.  Poles  shall  he  set  so  as  not  to  infringe  on  the 
alleys  more  than  thirty-six  (36)  inches.  Poles  set  on  streets 
shall  be  set  on  parkings  six  inches  from  the  curb  line  as  given  by 
the  city  engineer. 

Section  3.  N«t  more  than  fifty  (50)  telephone  fines  not 
embodied  in  a cable  shall  he  strung  on  a pole  fine. 

Section  4.  No  telephone  or  commercial  electric  fight  fine 
shall  be  strung  along  or  across  streets  less  than  thirty  (30)  feet 
from  the  surface  of  the  ground. 


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Section  5.  All  telephone  poles  in  the  original  town  shall 
be  not  less  than  fifty  (50)  feet  in  length;  all  commercial  elec- 
tric light  poles  in  original  town  shall  be  not  less  than  forty  (40) 
feet  in  length. 

Section  6.  All  pole  lines  shall  be  constructed  in  accord- 
ance with  the  rules  laid  down  in  the  code  of  the  National 
Board  of  Fire  Underwriters. 

Section  7.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  no  less  than  $10.00  nor 
more  than  $100.00  dollars. 

POLICE  SURGEON 

AN  ORDINANCE  in  relation  to  the  appointment  of  a polise  surgeon. 

(Passed  July  5,  1911.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  That  hereafter  the  mayor  may  annually  appoint 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Council  some  reputable  phy- 
sician to  he  known  as  police  surgeon,  that  such  police  surgeon 
when  so  appointed  shall  hold  his  office  for  a term  of  one  year 
and  receive  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  per  annum  for  his  ser- 
vices. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  police  surgeon  to 
attend  to  all  persons  who  become  sick,  at  or  while  confined  in 
the  city  police  station  or  work  house  and  to  furnish  the  neces- 
sary medical  care,  and  attention  to  the  person  or  persons  in  need 
thereof. 


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Section-  3.  The  police  surgeon  shall  not  he  required  to 
make  calls  at  said  police  station,  or  give  medical  attention 
thereto  to  sick  persons  unless  requested  to  do  so  by  the  chief 
of  police  or  some  other  officer  of  said  city  of  Paris. 

Section  4.  In  case  of  emergency  the  police  surgeon  may  be 
called  to  any  part  of  said  city  to  give  medical  attention  to  any 
person  in  need  thereof,  but  only  in  such  cases  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  mayor  or  chief  of  police. 

Section  5.  In  case  of  failure  or  neglect  of  duty  the  mayor 
shall  have  the  power  to  discharge  the  police  surgeon  and  file 
his  reasons  with  the  City  Council,  whereupon  it  shall  become 
his  duty  to  appoint  another  as  provided  in  Section  1 of  this 
ordinance. 


POLICE  COURT 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  regulate  tlie  practice  of  a police  court. 

(Passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  That  persons  may  be  brought  before  the  police 
court  by  summons,  by  warrant  founded  on  affidavit,  or  by  war- 
rant issued  upon  information  filed  by  the  city  attorney.  The 
summons  or  warrant  shall  be  issued  by  the  police  magistrate  or 
justice  of  the  peace. 

Section  2.  Before  issuing  such  warrant  the  police  magis- 
trate may,  if  he  deem  it  necessary,  require  the  complaint  to  in- 
form him  of  what  evidence  he  has  against  the  person  complain- 


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ed  of  by  him.  It  shall  however  be  the  duty  of  the  police  magis- 
trate to  issue  a warrant  when  affidavit  is  made  by  any  repu- 
table person  or  officer  of  the  city  that  the  ordinances  of  the  city 
have  been  violated. 

Section  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  marshal,  or  any 
policeman  to  attend  the  sitting  of  the  police  court,  to  execute  its 
orders  and  process,  and  preserve  order. 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  attorney  to  con- 
duct all  prosecutions  in  the  police  court  and  before  any  justice 
of  the  peace  on  behalf  of  the  city  of  Paris.  He  may  file  infor- 
mation or  complaint  in  said  court  against  any  person,  firm,  or 
corporation  violating  any  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Paris, 
and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  have  a general  supervision  over  all 
prosecution  under  the  penal  ordinances  of  the  city  of  Paris. 

Section  5.  In  all  cases  when  the  defendant  is  brought  be- 
fore the  police  magistrate,  the  complaint  or  charge  against 
him,  shall  be  distinctly  read  to  him,  and  he  shall  be  required  to 
plead  thereto,  and  if  he  pleads  guilty,  he  shall  sign  a waiver  of 
trial  by  a jury,  and  no  person  shall  be  committed  to  prison  or 
the  workhouse  on  any  plea  of  guilty,  unless  the  waiver  of 
jury  in  writing  is  made.  If  the  defendant  pleads  not  guilty  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  police  magistrate  to  enter  such  plea  up- 
on his  docket  and  process  shall  issue  as  in  other  causes  for 
trial  at  law. 

Section  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  police,  and 
all  other  police  officers  of  the  city,  to  sign  and  file  with  the 


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police  magistrate  on  or  before  eight  o’clock  of  each  morning 
(except  Sunday)  their  respective  reports,  setting  forth  the 
names  of  the  persons  arrested,  the  act  or  acts  constituting  a 
violation  of  the  law  or  ordinance  for  which  they  shall  have  been 
severally  arrested,  the  names  of  the  witnesses,  the  name  of  the 
officer  who  made  the  arrest,  together  with  such  other  remarks 
and  information  as  may  be  requisite ; and  if  they  should  fail  to 
make  such  report  at  the  time  aforesaid,  then  they  shall  make 
the  same  immediately  upon  the  order  of  the  court  thereof. 

Section  7.  Officers  shall  attend  as  witnesses  against  per- 
sons whom  they  have  arrested,  without  being  summoned,  nor 
shall  the  court  issue  any  subpoena  for  them,  but  if  they  fail  to 
appear  at  the  time  of  trial,  they  may  be  attached  and  punish- 
ed for  contempt  as  witnesses  summoned. 

Section  8.  Whenever  a jury  shall  be  demanded  in  any 
case,  the  police  magistrate  shall  forthwith  issue  a venire  facias 
to  the  chief  of  police  or  some  other  officer  of  the  law  (if  any 
objections  are  made  to  the  chief  of  police  serving  such 
venire)  commanding  him  to  summon  a jury  of  six  and  not 
more  than  twelve  men  having  the  qualifications  of  jurors,  to 
appear  at  such  time  as  the  court  shall  direct;  and  said  writ 
shall  be  forthwith  served  and  returned  by  said  officer,  endorsed 
with  his  doings,  and  said  return  shall  contain  the  names  of  the 
jurors  so  summoned. 

Section  9.  In  any  jury  trial  such  party  shall  be  entitled 
to  three  pre-emptory  challenges  and  such  other  challenges  for 
cause  as  the  law  may  allow. 


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Section  10.  Any  person  arrested  and  held  in  custody  for 
a violation  of  an  ordinance  of  the  city  shall  he  entitled  to  a 
speedy  trial,  hut  either  party  may  have  the  cause  continued, 
for  good  cause,  or  for  some  unavoidable  circumstances  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  court. 

Section  11.  Persons  in  custody  shall  be  tried  first  if  ready 
for  trial,  but  when  a case  shall  be  called  up  for  trial,  and  a 
jury  demanded,  the  case  shall  immediately  be  put  at  the  foot 
of  the  docket  for  the  day,  or  may  be  continued  until  next  day, 
if  the  court  shall  deem  it  necessary  on  account  of  cases  coming 
before  they  are  called,  in  which  a jury  is  demanded. 

Section  12.  The  fees  for  witnesses,  jurors,  and  court  fees, 
shall  be  the  same  as  provided  by  the  statutes  of  the  state,  of 

t 

Illinois,  in  courts  of  justice  of  the  peace  but  no  fees  shall  be 
paid  unless  the  same  be  collected  of  the  defendant. 

Section  13.  That  the  hour  of  nine  o’clock  in  the  A.  M. 
shall  be  the  opening  hour  of  the  police  court  each  day  (except 
Sunday)  and  shall  continue  in  session  as  long  as  there  is  busi- 
ness for  the  court  to  transact  and  at  the  aforesaid  hour  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  chief  of  police,  to  bring  all  prisoners  before 
the  court  to  be  dealt  with  according  to  law. 

Section  14.  The  police  magistrate  shall  administer  oaths 
or  affirmations  in  the  same  manner  as  they  are  administered 
in  like  cases  in  a court  of  record,  and  all  forms  of  process 
shall  conform,  as  far  as  the  nature  of  the  case  will  permit,  to 
the  form  of  process  prescribed  by  law  of  this  state. 


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Section  15.  That  any  person  arrested  for  any  criminal  of- 
fense or  for  violating  any  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city  of 
Paris,  and  imprisoned  in  the  city  jail  he  or  she  shall  be  al- 
lowed to  have  any  attorney  in  the  city  jail,  or  attorneys  or 
friends  admitted  to  see  him  or  her  at  all  reasonable  hours. 

Section  16.  The  practice  and  procedure  before  a police 
magistrate  shall  he  according  to  Chapter  79  of  Hurd’s  Revised 
Statues  of  Illinois. 

POLICE 

POLICE  FORCE  —REFUSAL  OF  ADMITTANCE 

AN  ORDINANCE  requiring  the  police  to  report  gaming  houses  to 
(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  members  of  the  police 
force  to  report  to  the  mayor,  each  house,  room,  or  place,  with- 
in the  city  wherein  gamming  of  any  kind  is  carried  on,  or 
wherein  any  games,  devices,  tables,  or  other  instruments  or 
things  for  the  purpose  of  gaming,  are  or  may  be  set  up  or 
maintained,  and  said  police  officers  shall  use  and  take  all  law- 
ful means  to  suppress  and  prevent  gaming  or  the  playing  at 
the  tables,  games  or  devices,  aforesaid,  and  for  this  purpose, 
when  and  as  often  as  any  one  of  them  shall  have  reasonable 
cause  to  suspect  that  any  such  table,  game  or  device  is  set  up, 
kept  or  maintained  as  aforesaid,  or  that  any  gaming  of  any 
kind  is  being  carried  on,  or  done  in  any  house,  room  or  place, 


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contrary  to  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  he  shall  make  complaint 
thereof  before  some  police  magistrate  or  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  obtain  a warrant  authorizing  him  to  enter  such  building, 
room  or  place,  and  said  police  officer  shall  then  have  authority 
to  demand  entry  therein,  and  any  person  or  persons  who  shall 
refuse  or  neglect  to  open  the  door  or  entrance  to  such  house, 
room  or  place  upon  the  application  of  any  police  officer  hav- 
ing such  warrant,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a fine  of  not  less  than 
twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense. 


POLICE 

AN  ORDINANCE  in  relation  to  'police,  appointment,  bond  and  salary. 
(Passed  June  5,  <1899.  Section  three  (3)  as  amended  April  18,  1906. 
Approved  April  19,  1906.) 

I 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , There  shall  be  appointed  by  the  mayor,  with  the 
consent  and  approval  of  the  City  Council,  a city  marshal,  who 
shall  be  chief  of  police,  and  one  or  more  policemen,  who  shall 
severally  hold  their  respective  offices  until  the  close  of  the  cur- 
rent municipal  year,  and  no  longer,  subject  however,  to  re- 
moval at  any  time  by  the  mayor  or  City  Council. 

Section  2.  The  city  marshal  and  policeman  of  said  city 
shall  severally  execute  a bond  with  security  in  the  penal  sum 
of  two  thousand  dollars,  to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council, 
conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  their 
respective  offices,  and  the  payment  of  all  moneys  received  by 


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such  officers  by  virtue  of  their  respective  offices  according  to 
the  laws  and  ordinances  of  said  city,  and  shall  take  an  oath  of 
office,  such  as  is  required  by  the  statues  of  this  state  in  case 
of  constables. 

Section  3.  The  city  marshal  shall  receive  one  hundred 
dollars  ($100.00)  per  month  payable  monthly,  and  the  police- 
men of  said  city  shall  each  receive  sixty  dollars  ($60)  per 
month  payable  monthly  and  the  merchant  policemen  shall  re- 
ceive twenty  dollars  ($20)  per  month  payable  monthly,  which 
shall  be  in  full  for  all  the  services  that  either  of  said  officers 
shall  render  said  city. 

Section  4.  The  city  marshal  shall  be  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  police  force  of  this  city,  subject  only  to  the 
mayor  or  City  Council  in  session.  He  shall  devote  his  whole 
time  to  the  discharge  of  his  duties,  and  shall  see  that  the  laws 
and  ordinances  are  enforced,  so  far  as  possible,  by  the  force 
under  his  command.  He  shall  assign  to  all  policemen  their 
respective  hours  of  duty,  and  shall  see  that  they  are  on  duty 
during  the  whole  time  of  their  watch. 

Section  5.  At  the  meeting  of  the  City  Council  on  the 
first  Monday  in  May,  in  each  and  every  year,  the  mayor,  with 
the  consent  and  approval  of  the  City  Council,  shall  appoint 
some  suitable  discreet  person,  who  will  accept  such  appoint- 
ment, at  each  railroad  depot  in  the  city,  a special  policeman, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  preserve  order  in  and  about  such  depot. 
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as  other  policemen,  and  must  be  respected  as  such.  They  shall 
give  bond  with  security  to  the  approval  of  the  City  Council  for 
faithful  performance  of  their  duty,  in  the  sum  of  $500  dol- 
lars, and  shall  be  entitled  to  collect  and  receive  for  their  ser- 
vices fees,  such  as  constables  of  Edgar  county  are  entitled  to 
collect  and  receive  for  services  similar,  by  them  rendered ; but 
shall  not  be  entitled  to  have  or  claim  any  other  or  additional 
compensation. 

Section  6.  The  mayor  shall,  with  the  consent  and  ap- 
proval of  the  City  Council,  appoint  some  one  person,  or  more 
if  it  shall  be  deemed  necessary,  to  take  and  have  charge  of  the 
grounds  known  as  “Edgar  Cemetery,”  and  the  surroundings 
thereof,  and  the  graves  and  monuments  therein,  to  preserve 
good  order  and  prevent  misconduct  and  desecration.  Such 
person  or  persons  so  appointed,  shall  have  like  power  and 
authority  as  other  policemen  of  the  city,  and  must  be  respect- 
ed as  such.  Their  terms  of  office  shall  be  one  year  and  until 
their  successors  are  appointed  and  qualified,  subject,  however, 
to  removal  for  cause,  or  by  order  of  the  City  Council.  They 
shall  give  bond  to  the  approval  of  the  City  Council,  in  the  sum 
of  five  hundred  dollars,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  their 
duty,  and  shall  take  an  oath  of  office.  They  shall  be  entitled 
to  collect  and  receive  for  services  rendered  in  office,  such  fees 
as  constables  of  Edgar  county  are  entitled  to  collect  aud  .re- 
ceive for  similar  services. 

Section  7.  Upon  application  in  writing,  made  to  the  may- 
or, by  any  number  of  persons  not  less  than  five,  he  may 


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in  his  discretion,  appoint  one  or  more,  discreet  suitable  per- 
sons special  policemen,  who  may  he  recommended  by  such  ap- 
plicants, who  shall  be  known  as  the  “Merchants  Police,”  and 
who  shall  have  the  power  and  authority  of  city  policemen,  and 
must  be  respected  accordingly.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  such 
merchant  policemen,  to  act  as  night  watchmen  about  the  pub- 
lic square,  at  and  near  the  several  railroad  depots  in  the  city, 
hotels  and  manufactories,  and  along  the  streets  leading  to  the 
depots;  to  give  timely  and  efficient  alarm  in  case  of  fire,  and 
to  arrest  and  detain  for  examination,  all  idle,  loitering,  dis- 
solute and  suspicious  persons  who  may  be  found  late  in  the 
streets  and  fail  to  give  an  account  of  themselves. 

Provided , All  members  of  the  merchants’  police  shall, 
when  on  duty  be  under  the  command  of  the  chief  of  police,  and 
obey  his  orders.  And,  provided  further,  that  in  all 
cases  the  persons  who  shall  make  the  application  for  appoint- 
ment of  any  member  of  merchant  police,  shall  be  held  re- 
sponsible for,  and  shall  pay  any  compensation  to  which  spe- 
cial policeman  shall  become  entitled,  and  the  city  shall,  in  no 
case  be  held  liable  for  any  such  compensation,  except  by  ordi- 
nance or  resolution  of  the  City  Council  for  that  purpose,  and 
all  fees  by  them  earned  shall  belong  to  the  city. 

Section  8.  The  mayor  may,  with  the  consent  of  the  police 
committee  when  they  shall  consider  it  necessary  for  the  preser- 
vation of  the  peace  and  good  order,  appoint  as  many  suitable 
persons  special  policeman,  as  they  may  think  the  public  safely 


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requires,  and  they  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  for  their  ser- 
vices as  such  special  policemen,  such  salary  as  may  be  agreed 
upon  at  the  time  of  their  appointment,  not  exceeding  two  dol- 
lars per  day. 

Section  9.  The  city  of  Paris  shall  not  pay  any  costs  in 
any  case,  to  any  justice  of  the  peace,  constable  or  other  officer 
in  which  the  city  is  plaintiff,  except  where  such  costs  have 
been  collected  of  the  defendant. 

Section  10.  The  committee  on  police  of  the  City  Council 
shall  make  suitable  regulations  under  which  the  policemen  of 
this  city  shall  be  required  to  wear  any  appropriate  uniform  and 
badge,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  City  Council. 

POLICE  WHISTLE 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  unlawful  blowing  of  police  whistle. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  sound  a 
policeman’s  whistle,  or  ring  any  alarm  bell  without  proper 
and  sufficient  cause,  and  any  person  so  offending  shall,  on  con- 
viction, be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars. 

POISON  —SALE  OE 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  unlawful  sale  of  poison. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  keep,  sell  or  deliver  any  poison  us- 


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u ally  known  or  used  as  deadly  poison,  without  legibly  marking 
the  name  thereof  or  the  word  “Poison”  upon  the  vial,  wrap- 
per or  other  inclosure  containing  the  same,  or  whoever  shall 
sell  or  deliver  any  arsenic,  strychnine,  prussic  acid  or  other 
poison  usually  known  or  used  as  a deadly  poison  to  any  person 
known  to  him,  without  registering  the  name  of  such  person,  and 
the  kind  and  quality  of  the  poison  sold  or  delivered  and  the 
purpose  for  which  the  same  was  obtained;  or  whoever  shall 
sell  or  deliver  any  such  poison  to  any  person  to  him  unknown, 
shall  he  subject  to  a penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars,  and 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  in  each  case.  But  the  sale 
or  delivery  of  any  such  poison  as  a medicine,  upon  the  prescrip- 
tion of  a practicing  physician,  shall  not  be  deemed  a violation 
of  this  section. 

PROSTITUTES  LOITERING  ON  STREETS 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  lewd  women  or  prostitutes  from  loiter- 
ing on  streets. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Any  lewd  woman  or  prostitute  who  shall  in  any 
manner  ply  her  vocation  upon  the  streets,  alleys,  public  places 
or  parks  of  said  city,  by  loitering,  or  in  any  manner  soliciting 
to  facts  or  lewdness,  or  who  shall  be  found  loitering  on  the 
streets  during  the  night  time,  shall  upon  conviction,  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hun- 
dred dollars  for  each  offense. 


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PROSTITUTE  —ASSOCIATING 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  associating  with  prostitutes  in  public. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section'  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  That  any  person  who  shall  he  guilty  of  associating 
in  public  with  any  prostitute,  shall  he  fined  in  any  sum  not 
less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars. 

POSSE 

AN  ORDINANCE  giving  officers  authority  to  call  upon  certain  per- 
sons to  help  make  arrest. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  Any  police  officer  may  call  upon  any  male  person 
above  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  to  aid  him  in  the  arrest,  retak- 
ing or  custody  of  any  person  having  committed  any  unlawful 
act,  or  to  aid  in  preventing  the  commission  of  any  unlawful 
act ; and  whoever  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  give  such  aid  and  as- 
sistance when  so  required,  shall  he  subject  to  a penalty  of  not 
less  than  five  dollars,  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars 
for  each  offense. 


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RAILROADS 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  regulate  railroads,  cars  and  locomotives  within 
the  city  of  Paris. 

(Amended  Sec.  6,  Sept.  7,  1903.  Amended  ’Sec.  1,  May  3,  1904.  Sec. 

4 amended  June,  1905.  Pass  el.  June  5,  1899.  'Sec.  6 amended  Sept. 

7,  1903.  Sec.  1 amended  May  3,  1904.  Section  4 amended 
Jan.  3,  1905.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  railroad  company  or 
corporation,  conductor,  engineer,  agent  or  other  employe  of  any 
such  railroad  company  or  corporation,  or  other  person  manag- 
ing or  controlling  any  locomotive  engine,  car  or  train,  upon  any 
railroad  track  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  said  city  of 
Paris,  to  drive,  propel  or  run  any  passenger  train  within  the 
limits  of  the  said  city  of  Paris,  at  a greater  rate  of  speed  than 
ten  miles  per  hour,  or  to  drive,  propel  or  run  within  the  said 
limits,  any  locomotive  engine,,  car  or  train,  other  than  passen- 
ger train,  at  a greater  rate  of  speed  than  six  miles  per  hour,  or 
in  any  manner  to  obstruct  the  travel  or  passage  along  any  side- 
walk or  street  of  said  city  of  Paris  by  placing  or  leaving  upon, 
along  or  across  any  such  sidewalk  or  street,  any  truck,  loco- 
motive engine,  car  or  train  of  cars,  or  any  material,  or  thing 
whatsoever,  for  a longer  period  than  ten  minutes  at  any  one 
time,  and  immediately  thereafter  for  the  full  period  of  ten 
minutes  such  side  walk  or  street  shall  not  he  again  so  ob- 
structed. 

Any  company,  corporation  or  person  violating  any  of  the 
provisions  of  "this  section  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  he  fined 


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in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars,  nor  more  than  two  hun- 
dred dollars,  and  pay  the  costs  of  prosecution. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  run 
or  move  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris,  any 
locomotive  steam  engine  unless  the  same  at  any  time  of  such 
moving,  he  furnished  with  a hell  of  the  size  generally  used  on 
such  engines;  and  it  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  engineer  or 
other  person  having  charge  of  such  engine  to  cause  said  hell 
to  be  rung  without  cessation  while  said  engine  shall  be  moving 
in  the  corporate  limits  of  said  city.  And  in  case  such  hell  shall 
not  be  rung  as  aforesaid  such  engineer  or  other  person  having 
charge  of  such  engine,  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  forfeit 
and  pay  a penalty  of  not  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Section  3.  That  whenever  said  City  Council  shall  by  reso- 
lution, deem  it  necessary  to  require  any  railroad  company  or 
companies  to  construct  or  repair  suitable  crossings  at  the  in- 
tersections of  any  street  or  alley  in  said  city,  by  said  railroad, 
or  to  construct  or  repair  any  ditch,  sewer  or  culvert  on  the 
lands  occupied  by  said  railroad  company,  said  City  Council 
shall  cause  a copy  of  said  resolution  to  be  served  on  some  agent 
of  said  railroad  company,  and  said  railroad  company  shall 
within  thirty  days  after  the  service  of  said  copy,  construct  or 
repair  such  crossing,  or  construct  or  repair  such  ditch,  sewer 
or  culvert,  in  accordance  with  the  resolution  of  said  City 
Council;  and  upon  failure  of  such  railroad  company  to  con- 
struct or  repair  such  crossing,  ditch,  sewer  or  culvert  said  city 


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of  Paris,  may  cause  the  same  to  he  done  and  recover  the  amount 
thereof  from  said  railroad  company  in  an  action  of  debt,  be- 
fore any  court  having  jurisdiction  of  the  amount  of  said  claim. 

Section  4.  That  whenever  said  City  Council  shall  by  ordi- 
nance, deem  it  necessary  for  public  safety  to  require  any  rail- 
road company  or  companies  to  have  a flagman  at  the  crossing 
of  any  of  its  streets  over  any  railroad  running  through  or  in- 
to the  limits  of  said  city  of  Paris,  said  City  Council  shall 
cause  a copy  of  said  ordinance  (to  he  prepared  and  certified 
to  by  the  city  clerk  of  said  city)  to  he  served  by  the  city  mar- 
shal or  some  policeman  on  any  agent  of  the  company  or  cor- 
poration owning,  using  or  operating  such  railroad,  and  said 
railroad  company  shall,  within  sixty  days  after  the  service  of 
said  copy  as  aforesaid  place  and  retain  a flagman  at  such 
crossing  in  accordance  with  said  ordinance  of  the  said  City 
Council.  Such  flagman,  when  so  appointed,  shall  perform  the 
duties  usually  performed  by  or  required  of  such  flagman  and 
such  flagman  so  appointed,  while  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties, 

t 

is  hereby  empowered  to  stop  any  and  all  persons  from  cross- 
ing such  railroad  track  whenever,  in  his  opinion,  there  is  dan- 
ger from  any  approaching  train,  car  or  locomotive  engine. 

Any  railroad  company  refusing  or  neglecting  to  place  and 
retain  a flagman  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  city  of  Paris  $100 
per  day  for  every  day  it  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  do  so  and  it 
is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  city  attorney  to  promptly  com- 
mence and  prosecute  suit  for  the  recovery  of  such  penalty  in 


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the  name  of  said  city  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction. 
Provided,  When  any  railroad  company  is  required  to 
keep  a flagman  at  any  such  crossing  it  shall  have  the  right  to 
erect  and  maintain  in  such  streets  crossed,  a suitable  house  for 
the  shelter  of  such  flagman,  the  same  to  he  so  kept  or  located  as 
to  create  the  least  obstruction  to  the  use  of  such  a street  and  af- 
ford the  best  view  of  the  railroad  track  in  each  direction  from 
such  crossing  (The  term  “railroad  company”  as  used  in  these 
ordinances  shall  imply  and  mean  as  well,  railway  company). 

Section  5.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  get 
on,  jump  off,  or  attempt  to  get  on  or  jump  off  any  locomotive, 
tender  or  railroad  car  while  the  same  is  in  motion  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  said  city,  except  such  person  is  either  a 
regular  passenger  or  an  employe  on  such  locomotive,  tender  or 
car.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall, 
on  conviction  thereof,  be  subject  to  a penalty  of  not  less  than 
three  dollars,  nor  more  than  five  dollars. 

Section  6.  No  locomotive  car  or  railroad  train  shall  ob- 
struct the  free  passage  upon  and  along  any  of  the  streets  of  said 
city  for  a longer  period  than  ten  minutes  at  any  one  time  and 
immediately  thereafter  for  tke  full  period  of  ten  minutes  such 
streets  shall  not  be  again  so  obstructed.  Any  railroad  company 
violating  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  $25.00  nor  more  than  $200.00  for  each  offense,  in  an  ac- 
tion of  debt  in  the  name  of  said  city. 

Section  7.  If  any  conductor,  engineer  or  other  employe 
of  any  railroad  company  shall  stop  any  locomotive,  car  or 


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train  in  snch  place  as  to  obstruct  any  street  for  a longer  time 
than  ten  minutes  at  any  one  time,  he  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  two  dollars,  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense  or  the  same  fine  may  be  recovered  from  the  railroad 
company  whose  locomotive,  car  or  train  is  so  stopped  in  an  ac- 
tion of  debt  in  the  name  of  said  city. 

RAILROAD  TRACK  AND  GRADtE 

AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  railroads,  grades  and  tracks  in  the  city 

of  Paris 

(Passed  June  5,  (1911). 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris , 
That  hereafter  every  street  railway  company  or  railroad  com- 
pany within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris,  Illinois,  who  shall 
wish  to  raise  or  lower  the  tracks  they  shall  comply  with  the 
following  conditions : 

Section  1.  That  hereafter  every  street  railway  or  rail- 
road Co.,  desiring  to  raise  or  lower  their  tracks  or  grades  at 
any  alley,  street  or  highway  crossing  shall  do  so  according  to 
the  established  grade  line  made  by  the  city  engineer. 

Section  2.  Any  street  railway  or  railroad  company  in 
raising  or  lowering  their  track  or  grade  shall  do  so  in  such 
manner  to  keep  their  tracks  on  a level  with  the  street  surface, 
so  that  such  track  may  be  crossed  at  any  place  on  such  street, 
alley  or  highway. 

Section  3.  Any  street  railway  company  or  railroad  com- 
pany desiring  to  raise  or  lower  their  tracks  or  grade  lines 


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at  any  street,  alley  or  highway  crossing  in  the  city  of  Paris, 
shall  notify  the  city  engineer  of  the  said  city  of  Paris,  of 
what  and  where  said  changes  are  to  he  made. 

Section  4.  Any  street  railway  or  railroad  company  who 
-shall  not  comply  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  he  fined  not  less  than  $25.00  nor  more  than  $200.00  for 
for  each  and  every  day  they  suffer  the  same  to  remain  so,  and 
pay  all  costs  of  prosecution. 

Section  5.  That  all  the  street  railways  or  railroads  enter- 
ing  the  city  of  Paris  he  notified  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance by  the  city  clerk  by  giving  its  agent  a copy  of  this  ordi- 
nance. 

Section  6.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  on  and  after 
Its  passage. 

RAILROAD  COMPANY  —BLOCKADING 

AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  locomotives  and  cars  on  streets,  side- 
walks and  alleys. 

(Passed  Sept.  15,  1903). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  railway  company  or 
corporation,  conductor,  engineer,  agent  or  employe  of  any 
such  railway  company  or  corporation,  to  obstruct  the  travel  or 
passage  along  any  sidewalk,  street  or  alley  of  said  city  of 
Paris,  by  lowering  any  gate  or  by  placing  any  obstruction  what- 
ever across  any  sidewalk,  street  or  alley  in  the  city  of  Paris, 
Illinois,  for  a longer  period  than  ten  minutes  at  any  one  time, 


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and  immediately  thereafter  for  the  full  period  of  ten  minutes 
such  sidewalk  or  street  shall  not  be  again  so  obstructed. 

Any  company,  corporation  or  person  violating  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  section  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  less  than  $25.00  nor  more  than  $200.00,  and 
pay  the  costs  of  prosecution. 

RESERVOIR  PARK 

AN  ORLINANCE  creating  Reservoir  Park 
(Passed  June  5,  1899.  Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  the  lands  now  owned  by  the  city  of  Paris,  in 
section  25,  township  14,  range  12  west,  and  such  other  lands 
thereto  adjoining,  as  may  hereafter  be  acquired,  by  purchase 
condemnation  or  otherwise,  be  and  hereby  are  designated  and 
named  “Reservoir  Park/  and  that  the  reservoir,  or  body  of  wa- 
ter thereon  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  designated  and  named 
“Reservoir.” 

Section  2.  That  the  powers,  jurisdiction  and  duties  of 
the  board  of  water  works  as  now  provided  by  ordinance,  are 
hereby  declared  to  extend  to  and  include  the  above  mentioned 
premises  and  adjoining  lands  to  be  acquired  as  above  set  forth. 

Section  3.  That  the  board  of  water  works  are  hereby  au- 
thorized to  make  all  necessary  rules  and  regulations  for  the 
government  of  said  premises  concerning  public  access  to,  use 
of,  or  entry  upon  the  same  including  hunting,  boating,  skating 
or  other  privileges  whatsoever,  subject  to  revision  by  the  City 
Council  and  except  as  hereinafter  provided. 


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Section  4.  That  all  persons  are  prohibited  from  taking 
fish  in  or  from  said  reservoir  in  any  manner  whatsoever,  either 
with  hook,  net,  trap,  wier,  or  any  other  device  or  contrivance, 
or  in  any  manner  molesting  or  disturbing  any  fish  therein,  or 
to  have  in  his,  her  or  their  possession  while  on  said  premises, 
any  appliance,  apparatus  or  device  adapted  to  the  taking  or 
catching  of  fish,  or  to  destroy  or  injure  any  tree,  bush,  or 
shrub,  plant  or  flower  in,  on  or  about  said  premises,  or  to  com- 
mit any  depredation,  or  place  any  filthy  or  obnoxious  thing 
or  substance  in,  on  or  about  the  same,  excepting  that  fishing 
with  hook  and  line  may  be  permitted  at  such  times  and  under 
such  rules  and  regulations  as  the  City  Council  may  prescribe. 

Section  5.  That  the  board  of  water  works  may  appoint 
some  person  as  fish  commissioner,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  City  Council,  to  act  as  such  until  his  successor  is  appoint- 
ed, and  who1  shall  have  charge  and  direction,  in  conjunction 
with  the  board  of  water  works,  of  the  propagation,  cultivation 
and  protection  of  fish  in  said  reservoir  and  of  all  matters  re- 
lating to  the  subject. 

Section  6.  That  the  board  of  water  works  may  designate 
and  appoint  one  or  more  persons  who  shall  have  charge  of  such 
premises  with  authority  to  enforce  this  ordinance  and  the  rules 
and  regulations  of  the  board  of  water  works,  and  for  that 
purpose  such  person  or  persons  shall  have  the  police  powers 
and  authority  on  or  about  such  premises  as  is  now  provided  by 
ordinance  relating  to  police  officers  acting  within  the  corporate 


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limits  of  the  city,  the  appointment  and  compensation  of  such 
officer  or  officers  to  he  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  City 
Council. 

Section  7.  Posting  of  one  or  more  notices  on  or  about  the 
premises,  shall  be  sufficient  notice  and  publication  of  the  rules 
and  regulations  of  the  board  of  water  works  relating  to  privi- 
leges and  the  government  of  said  premises,  and  any  person  vio- 
lating the  same  shall  be  liable  to  the  penalties  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. 

Section  8.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  of  Section  4 of  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined  for 
each  offense  not  less  than  fifty  dollars,  in  addition  to  any  claim 
or  claims  for  damages  his,  her  or  their  act  may  occasion. 

Section  9.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  injure 
or  deface  in  any  manner  the  dam  built  by  the  city  of  Paris 
across  Sugar  creek,  or  injure  in  any  manner  the  building,  ma- 
chinery, pipes,  apparatus  or  fixtures  appertaining  to  the  water 
works  of  said  city.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  de- 
posit, by  any  means  whatever,  any  filth  or  offal  in  the  reservoir 
at  Sugar  creek;  or  who  shall  in  any  manner,  or  by  any  means 
pollute  the  water  in  said  reservoir.  Any  person  guilty  of  any 
of  these  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum 
not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars. 


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RESISTING  OFFICER 

AN  ORDINANCE  punishing  anyone  from  interfering  with  or  resist- 
ing an  officer  in  the  discharge  of  his  official  duty. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  any  person  who  shall  hinder,  obstruct  or  de- 
lay any  officer  of  the  city  of  Paris  while  making  or  attempting 
to  make  an  arrest,  or  any  person  resisting  any  officer  of  said 
city  while  making  an  arrest,  or  encouraging,  aiding  or  abet- 
ting any  person  in  hindering,  obstructing,  delaying,  or  resist- 
ing such  officer,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five 
dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 


SCARING  HORSES 

AN  ORDINANCE  punishing  persons  from  scaring  horses. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall,  by  riding  any  bicycle  in  the  streets 
or  on  the  sidewalks  of  said  city,  or  shall  by  any  other  means 
wilfully  or  negligently  frighten  any  horse,  mule  or  other  ani- 
mal being  at  the  time  ridden  by  any  person  or  attached  to  any 
vehicle,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  three  dollars,  nor  more 
than  fifty  dollars. 


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SCRUBBING  STORES 

AN  ORDINANCE  prescribing  the  hours  for  scrubbing  stores. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  merchant,  gro- 
cer, saloon  man,  or  other  person  doing  business  in  the  city  of 
Paris  by  himself,  agent,  or  servant,  to  wash,  or  scrub  out  his 
place  of  business  after  5 o’clock  a.  m.  on  the  first  day  of  the 
week,  commonly  called  Sunday.  Any  person  violating  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  less  than  three  dollars,  ($3),  nor  more  than 
ten  dollars  ($10),  and  the  costs  of  prosecution. 

SEWERS 

AN  ORDINANCE  requiring  permits  to  tap  or  connect  on  sewer  and 
prescribing  the  proceedure  therein. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  any  person  or  persons  wishing  to  connect,  or 
to  have  connected,  any  private  drain  or  sewer,  with  any  public 
drain  or  sewer,  or  sewer  built  or  owned  by  the  said  city  of 
Paris,  shall  petition  the  City  Council  therefor.  Printed  blanks 
for  said  petition  shall  be  furnished  by  the  city  clerk  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  said  city.  Said  petition  shall  describe  as  near  as 
may  be  the  nature  of  such  private  drain  or  sewer  to  be  connect- 
ed, whether  said  private  drain  or  sewer  is  to  be  connected  with 
and  drain  a lot  or  parcel  of  land,  cellar,  cess  pool  or  other 


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thing  whatever,  and  as  near  as  may  be,  what  particular  place 
such  public  sewer  is  to  be  tapped  for  such  conneeton.  In 
case  the  City  Council  grants  the  prayer  of  such  petition,  it 
shall  order  the  city  clerk  to  issue  a written  or  partly  written 
and  printed  permit  therefor  to  such  petitioner,  who  shall  then 
present  the  same  to  the  street  and  alley  committee,  or  to  such 
other  person  as  the  mayor  may  appoint,  whose  duty  it  shall 
be  to  superintend  the  same,  prescribe  the  mode  of  tapping  such 
public  sewer,  the  size  of  the  opening  therein  and  the  material 
to  be  used  in  making  such  connection,  the  total  expense  of 
which  shall  be  paid  by  the  petitioner.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  said  city  clerk  to  record  such  petitions  in  a well  bound 
book  to  be  kept  for  that  purpose,  attaching  his  certificate  there- 
to, certifying  that  the  same  is  a true  copy  of  such  petition  and 
whether  the  prayer  was  granted  or  rejected  by  the  said  City 
Council,  which  said  petition  shall  then  be  filed  by  the  city 
clerk  in  his  office. 

Whoever  shall  violate  or  shall  fail  to  comply  with  any  of  the 
requirements  of  this  ordinance,  on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than 
fifty  dollars,  and  pay  the  costs  of  prosecution. 

SEWER  CONNECTIONS 

AN  ORDINANCE  regulating  sewer  connections. 

(Passed  Nov.  12,  1900.  Approved  Nov.  15,  1900.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  the  fee  for  a connection  with  the  sanitary  sew- 


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er  shall  be  ten  dollars  ($10)  which  fee  shall  be  paid  to  the  duly 
appointed  collector  of  special  taxes,  who  shall  deposit  the  same 
with  city  treasurer  to  the  general  sewer  fund. 

Section  2.  That  whenever  a majority  of  the  property 
holders,  abutting  on  the  line  of  any  lateral  sewer  shall  petition 
for  said  lateral  and  agree  thereby  to  pay  the  fee  of  ten  dollars 
($10)  for  tapping  said  sewer  within  thirty  days  after  its  com- 
pletion. The  board  of  local  improvements  shall  proceed  to  let 
a contract  for  the  construction  of  said  lateral  sewer. 

Section  3.  Any  person  who  shall  tap  or  injure  the  sani- 
tary sewer  or  any  lateral  sewer  thereof  without  the  written 
permission  of  the  city  engineer  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not 
less  than  ten  dollars  ($10)  and  not  more  than  one  hundred  dol- 
lars ($100.00). 

SINKING  FUND  ORDINANCE 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  create  a sinking  fund  for  the  payment  of  cer- 
tain indebtedness  of  the  city. 

(Passed  July  5,  1911.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  That  the  mayor,  chairman  of  the  finance  commit- 
tee and  the  city  clerk  are  hereby  made  a committee  on  sinking 
fund,  to  be  known  as  the  sinking  fund  commission. 

Section  2.  Whenever  there  shall  be  in  the  sinking  fund, 
a sum  in  excess  of  that  required  for  the  payment  of  the  bond- 
ed indebtedness  of  said  city  maturing  in  that  or  succeeding  fis- 
cal year  and  the  interest  due  at  that  period,  the  sinking  fund 


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199, 


commission  may  use  such  excess  in  the  purchase  of  the  out- 
standing bonds,  for  the  payment  for  which  at  maturity  such 
sinking  fund  was  or  shall  be  created,  paying  therefor  no  more 
than  the  market  price.  When  any  such  bond  is  so  purchased  it 
shall  be  cancelled  and  thereafter  no  taxes  for  the  payment  of 
such  bonds  or  the  interest  thereon  should  be  levied.  No  furth- 
er appropriation  shall  he  required  for  the  application  of  mon- 
ey in  such  sinking  fund  to  the  payment  of  such  bonds  then  is 
made  thereby. 

Section  3.  The  city  treasurer  is  hereby  required  on  or  be- 
fore June  1st,  of  each  year  to  inform  the  said  committee  of 
the  bonds  which  are  due  also  what  interest  is  due  on  the  same, 
for  the  next  succeeding  year,  and  also  what  money  is  on  hands 
with  the  city  treasurer. 

Section  4.  It  shall  he  the  duty  of  the  city  treasurer  to  pay 
any  such  bonds  when  notified  so  to  do  and  to  purchase  said 
bonds  when  notified  by  the  said  committee  so  to  do,  in  accord- 
ance with  Section  2 of  this  ordinance. 

SIGNS  ON  SIDEWALK 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  writing  or  printing  of  signs  on  side 

walks. 

(Passed  August  5,  1907.  Approved  Aug.  6,  1907). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  write, 
print,  or  paint  on  any  sidewalk  within  the  limits  of  the  said 
city  of  Paris,  any  sign,  and  any  person  violating  the  provi- 


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sions  of  this  section  shall  upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  any  sum 
not  less  than  five  dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars  ($200.00). 

SLINGS— NIGGER  SHOOTERS  AND  AIR  GUNS 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  shooting  in  the  city  of  Paris,  with 
slings,  nigger  shooters,  etc.) 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris,  to  use  any  sling,  nigger 
shooter,  air  gun,  creedmore  gun,  or  any  bow  and  arrow,  or 
any  other  contrivance  with  strings  or  rubber  for  shooting  or 
blowing  stones,  leaden  bullets  or  other  metallic  substances.  Any 
person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall,  an  con- 
viction thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  three  dollars, 
nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars,  and  pay  the  costs  of  prose- 
cution. 


SLOT  MACHINE 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  use  of  slot  machines  in  the  city  of 

Paris. 

(Passed  Sept.  3,  1906.  Approved  Sept.  10,  1906). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  That  whoever  in  any  room,  saloon,  inn,  tavern, 
shed,  booth  or  building,  or  enclosure,  or  any  part  thereof,  oper- 


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:ates,  keeps,  owns,  rents,  or  uses  any  slot  machine  shall  he  fined 
mot  less  than  ten  dollars  ($10)  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dol- 
lars ($200.00)  for  each  and  every  offense. 

SOFT  DRINK  PLACES 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  sale  of  soft  drinks  within  the 

city  of  Paris 
(Passed  June  6,  1910). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
■of  Paris , That  any  place  in  said  city  of  Paris  where  hop-ale^ 
hopmead,  malt-mead,  cider,  gingo,  ginfizz,  fizz,  near-beer  or 
other  like  drinks  are  kept  for  sale,  or  sold  or  given  away,  eith- 
er directly  or  indirectly,  in  any  quantity  whatever  is  hereby 
declared  to  he  a nuisance,  the  owner,  keeper,  lessee  or  occu- 
pant of  the  premises  who  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  abate  such 
a nuisance  after  being  notified  so  to  do  by  the  city  marshal  of 
said  city,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  to  said 
city  a sum  not  less  than  ten  dollars  ($10)  nor  more  than  one 
liundred  dollars  ($100)  for  each  and  every  day  he  shall  refuse 
or  neglect  to  remove  or  abate  the  same. 

STAMP  ON  SIDEWALK 

AN  ORDINANCE  requiring  cement  sidewalk  contractors  to  use  stamp. 

(Passed  June  2,  1902.  Approved  June  11,  <1902) . 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  That  all  persons  or  corporations  contracting  and 
laying  cement  wTalks  within  said  city  of  Paris,  shall  hereafter 


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procure  and  use  a stamp,  said  stamp  to  bear  the  name  of  the- 
person  or  firm  doing  said  contracting.  And  each  person  or  firm 
constructing  cement  walks  on  streets  of  said  city,  as  aforesaid,, 
shall  place  one  or  more  impressions  of  the  said  stamps  upon 
each  and  every  piece  of  cement  walk  hereafter  built  by  them. 
The  design  of  the  stamp  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of 
street  and  alley  committee. 

Section  2.  Whoever  shall  fail  or  neglect  to  procure  and' 
use  a stamp  or  stamps,  as  provided  in  Section  1 of  this  ordi- 
nance, shall  be  fined  any  sum  not  exceeding  $5.00  for  each? 
offense. 

STREET  LAMPS  AND  TELEGRAPH  POST 

AN  ORDINANCE  prescribing  a penalty  for  injury  to  street  lamps,, 
telegraph  and  telephone  posts). 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  willfully,  maliciously  or  negligently 
break,  deface,  destroy,  or  in  any  manner  injure  any  street 
lamp  or  lamp  post,  telephone,  electric  light  or  telegraph  post,, 
telephone,  electric  light  or  telegraph  wires,  shall  be  subject  to- 
a penalty  of  not  less  than  five  dollars,  and  not  exceeding  one* 
hundred  dollars. 


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203 


STONES— SLINGS,  ETC.— DUTY  OF  OFFICERS 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  throwing  of  stones  or  other  missies 
within  the  city  of  Paris. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Any  boy,  or  other  person,  who  shall  cast  or  throw 
any  stone,  brick,  club,  snow  ball  or  other  missle  at  any  person, 
or  from  or  into  any  public  place,  or  at,  against,  into  or  upon 
any  tree,  building,  premises,  or  other  property,  or  shall  use, 
play  with  or  have  in  his  possession,  a sling  of  any  character, 
or  any  other  instrument  or  device  whatsoever,  for  the  casting 
or  throwing  of  stone,  bullet  or  other  thing,  shall  be  fined  not 
exceeding  twenty  dollars.  And  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  any 
police  officer  of  this  city,  to  take  possession  of,  and  destroy  any 
such  sling,  instrument,  or  device  found  in  the  possession  of 
any  such  boy  or  person  aforesaid. 

STATEMENT  TO  BE  FILED 

AN  ORDINANCE  requiring  city  attorney  to  file  statement  of  offense 
or  violation  of  ordinance,  etc. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
■of  Paris , When  any  suit  for  violation  of  any  of  the  city  ordi- 
nances shall  be  commenced  by  summons,  the  city  attorney 
shall  file  a statement  setting  forth  the  offense  claimed  to  have 
been  committed. 


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STEAM  ENGINES-STREAMERS 


STEAM  ENGINES  IN  STREETS  OR  ALLEYS 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  use  of  engines  on  streets  or  alleys 
to  furnish  power  for  threshing  grain  or  sawing  wood. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to 
operate  or  use  any  steam  engines,  stationary  or  portable,  for 
the  purpose  of  threshing  grain  or  sawing  wood,  upon  any  of 
the  streets  or  alleys  of  this  city.  Any  person  violating  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  section  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars. 

STREAMERS  ACROSS  STREET 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  placing  of  banners  or  streamers 
across  the  streets  within  the  city  of  Paris. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  by 
themselves  or  agents,  to  place  or  cause  to  be  placed  across  any 
street  within  the  limits  of  said  city  any  sign  or  “streamer,” 
stretched  from  any  house  above  the  street,  and  any  person  or 
persons  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall,  for  the 
first  offense,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  twenty-five  dollars,  and 
for  the  second  offense  fifty  dollars  to  be  recovered  in  an  action 
before  the  police  magistrate. 


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205 


STREET— BLOCKING,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  any  person  from  .blockading  any  street 
or  alley  within  the  city  of  Paris. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris That  every  driver,  owner  or  person,  having  the 
charge  of  any  vehicle  or  other  thing  to  which  any  horse  or 
horses,  or  other  animal  is  attached,  who  shall  suffer  the  same 
to  be  and  remain  in  any  street,  lane,  alley,  or  commons  within 
the  city  of  Paris,  in  such  situation  as  to  interrupt  the  conven- 
ient passage  of  the  same,  or  to  incommode  the  owner  or  occu- 
pant of  any  building,  or  shall  stop  any  such  vehicle  as  afore- 
said, so  to  interrupt  the  crossing  at  the  intersection  of  any 
street,  lane,  or  alley,  and  shall  not  immediately  remove  the 
same  on  request  being  made,  or  shall  be  absent  from  any  such 
vehicle,  if  a horse  or  other  animal  be  hitched  thereto,  so  that 
such  request  cannot  be  made,  or  shall  negligently,  suffer  such 
horse  or  other  animal  to  run  away,  shall,  on  conviction  there- 
of, forfeit  and  pay  any  sum  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars,  and 
the  costs  for  each  offense. 

STREETS— OBSTRUCTION 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  persons  from  placing  certain  obstruc- 
tions on  the  streets  or  alleys  only  under  certain  conditions. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Any  person  who  shall  erect,  place  or  deposit,  or 
cause  to  be  erected,  place  or  deposited  in  or  upon  any  street,  al- 


206  STREETS-OPENING,  PROTECTION,  ETC. 


ley  or  sidewalk  of  said  city,  any  vehicle,  box,  barrel,  lumber, 
pile  of  brick,  fire  wood,  coal  or  other  substance,  thing  or  mater- 
ial of  any  description  whatever,  and  suffer  the  same  or  any 
part  thereof  to  remain  therein  for  a longer  period  than  twen- 
ty-four hours  after  having  been  notified  by  the  marshal  to  re- 
move the  same,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay 
any  sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  and  costs  of  suit;  provided 
that  any  person  engaged  in  building,  or  making  pavement  may 
deposit  material  for  such  building  or  pavement  in  any  of  the 
streets  or  alleys  for  a reasonable  time,  but  no  person  shall  be 
permitted  to  fill  up  any  gutter  or  channel  for  the  passage  of 
water,  or  to  obstruct  the  said  streets  or  alleys  so  as  to  prevent 
the  passage  of  vehicles,  nor  to  occupy  more  than  one-half  of 
such  streets  or  alleys. 

STREETS-OPENING,  PROTECTION,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  in  relation  to  excavations  of  earth  in  streets  and 
alleys  within  the  city  of  Paris. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person,  engaged, 
and  the  employer  of  every  person  engaged,  in  excavating  the 
earth  in  any  of  the  streets  and  alleys,  or  in  any  other  open 
and  exposed  portion  of  the  city  of  Paris,  to  have  the  sides  of 
the  excavation  or  embankment  so  made,  protected,  without  de- 
lay, by  suitable  barrier  against  accidents  or  injury  to  persons 
or  animals  passing  near  the  same ; and,  on  failure  to  erect  such 


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207 


barriers  as  aforesaid,  every  person  so  offending,  or  his  em- 
ployer, shall,  upon  conviction  thereof  forfeit  and  pay  for  every 
such  offense,  and  for  each  and  every  day’s  continuance  of  the 
same,  any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars,  with  costs  of  prose- 
cution. 

STREETS.— NUMBERING. 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  provide  for  uniform  system  of  numbering 

streets. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  for  the  purpose  of  numbering  the  houses  and 
lots  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris,  the  mayor 
shall  appoint  a special  committee  of  three  members  of  the  City 
Council  who  shall  cause  to  be  prepared,  plats  of  the  streets, 
which  plats  shall  show  the  houses  and  the  vacant  lots  on  each 
street,  and  said  committee  shall  assign  a number  to  each  house 
and  a number  to  each  twenty-five  feet  of  vacant  real  estate 
which  is  situated  more  than  a block  from  the  public  square, 
and  they  shall  assign  a hundred  numbers  to  each  block  in  the 
city.  The  numbering  shall  be  east  and  west  from  Main  street. 
On  streets  running  east  and  west,  the  odd  numbers  on  the 
north  side  and  the  even  numbers  on  the  south  side  of  said 
streets ; and  the  numbering  shall  be  north  and  south  from  Court 
street.  On  streets  running  north  and  south  the  even  numbers 
on  the  east  side  and  odd  numbers  on  west  side  of  said  street. 

. Said  committee  shall  have  supervision  of  the  numbering  of 


208  TOBACCO-TOY  PISTOLS,  ETC. -SALE  OF 


the  houses  and  lots  in  the  city  as  provided  for  in  this  ordinance,, 
and  shall  determine  the  details  thereof,  and  are  hereby  author- 
ized to  employ  such  assistance  as  they  deem  necessary. 


TOBACCO 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  prohibit  the  sale  of  tobacco  to  minors. 

(Passed  February  6,  1911.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  whoever  by  himself,  as  principal,  agent,  or  ser- 
vant, shall  sell,  buy  or  furnish  any  cigar,  cigarette,  or  tobacco 
in  any  of  its  forms,  within  the  city  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris,  to 
any  minor  under  sixteen  years  of  age,  unless  upon  the  written 
order  of  the  parent  or  guardian,  shall,  upon  conviction  there- 
of, forfeit  and  pay  for  each  and  every  offense  the  sum  of  twen- 
ty dollars  ($20.00.) 

TOY  PISTOLS,  FIRE  CRACKERS,  ETC.— SALE  OF 
PROHIBITED 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  regulate  the  sale  of  toy  pistols,  fire  crackers. 
(Passed  June  5,  1899.  Amended  June  14,  1905.  Approved  June  15,1905.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  or  persons,  by 
agent  or  otherwise,  to  sell,  give,  procure  for,  furnish  or  deliver 
to  any  person  any  cannon  fire  cracker,  or  any  kind  of  toy  pistol,, 
explosive  cane,  toy  cannon  or  other  devise  intended  to  explode  a 
cap,  cartridge,  wafer  or  other  form  of  an  explosive  compound. 


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209 


Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  he  fined  not  less  than  five  dollars  ($5.00)  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00)  for  each  offense. 

TREASURER 

AN  ORDINANCE  pertaining  to  the  duties  and  office  of  city  treasurer. 

(Passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , The  treasurer  of  the  city  of  Paris  shall,  before  en- 
tering upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  give  bond  for  the  faithful 
performance  thereof,  payable  to  the  city  of  Paris,  in  the  sum 
of  fifty  thousand  dollars,  with  at  least  five  good  and  sufficient 
securities  as  such  treasurer,  and  for  the  faithful  accounting  of 
all  money  that  shall  come  into  his  hands  by  virtue  of  his  office. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  collector  (or  any 
person  or  officer  acting  as  such)  to  execute  all  warrants  for  the* 
collection  of  special  taxes  or  assessments  as  required  or  au- 
thorized by  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Illinois  governing  the  same, 
or  of  any  ordinances  of  the  city  passed  in  relation  thereto.  Be 
shall  make  a report  in  writing  monthly  (or  oftener  as  may  be 
required  by  the  City  Council)  to  the  City  Council,  showing  the 
amounts  collected  by  him  under  his  warrants,  and  he  shall  pay 
over  to  the  city  treasurer  not  less  than  once  in  each  week  all 
such  moneys  with  a written  statement  thereof  addressed  to  said 
treasurer  sufficiently  explicit  to  permit  him  to  enter  the  items 
and  amounts  on  his  special  assessment  book  under  each  improve- 


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ment  fund.  He  shall  also  annually,  on  or  before  the  twentieth 
day  of  March,  make  a report  in  writing  to  the  general  officer 
authorized  by  law  to  apply  for  judgment  and  sell  lands  for 
taxes  due  the  county  and  state,  of  all  the  lands,  town  lots  and 
real  property  on  which  he  shall  have  been  unable  to  collect  spe- 
cial assessments  or  taxes,  with  the  amount  of  special  assess- 
ments or  taxes  due  and  unpaid  thereon,  together  with  his  war- 
rant or  with  a brief  description  of  the  nature  of  the  warrants  re- 
ceived by  him,  authorizing  the  collection  thereof;  which  re- 
port shall  be  accompanied  with  the  oath  of  the  collector  that  the 
last  is  a correct  return  and  report  of  the  lands,  town  lots  and 
real  property  on  which  the  special  assessments  or  taxes  levied 
by  authority  of  the  city  of  Paris  remaining  due  and  unpaid; 
that  he  is  unable  to  collect  the  same  or  any  part  thereof,  and 
that  he  has  given  the  notice  required  by  law  that  said  war- 
rants had  been  received  by  him.  Provided,  that  the  collector 
may,  upon  order  of  the  City  Council  instruct  the  city  attorney 
to  commence  suit  in  any  court  of  record  in  the  corporate  name 
of  the  city  against  any  person  or  persons  for  the  amount  of  spe- 
cial assessments  or  taxes  which  such  person  or  persons  are  liable 
for  the  payment  of  in  the  manner  as  is  now  or  may  be  hereafter 
provided  by  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Illinois. 

Section-  3.  The  treasurer  shall  receive  all  money  belonging 
to  the  city,  and  shall  keep  his  books  and  accounts  in  such  a man- 
ner as  to  show  how  all  moneys  were  received,  from  whom  and 
for  what  purpose,  and  such  books  and  accounts  shall  always  be 


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211 


subject  to  the  inspection  of  any  member  of  the  City  Council  or 
any  other  officer  of  the  city. 

Section  4.  He  shall  keep  a separate  account  of  each  fund 
or  appropriation,  and  the  debts,  and  credits  belonging  thereto. 

Section  5.  He  shall  give  every  person  paying  money  into 
the  treasury  a receipt  therefor,  specifying  the  date  of  payment 
and  upon  what  account  paid;  and  he  shall  also  file  copies  of 
such  receipts  with  the  clerk,  at  the  date  of  his  monthly  reports. 

Section  6.  The  treasurer  shall,  at  the  end  of  each  and 
every  month,  and  oftener  if  required,  render  an  account  to  the 
City  Council,  or  such  officer  as  may  be  designated  by  ordinance 
(under  oath),  showing  the  state  of  the  treasury  at  the  date  of 
such  account,  and  the  balance  of  money  in  the  treasury.  He 
shall  also  accompany  such  accounts  with  a statement  of  all 
moneys  received  into  the  treasury,  and  on  what  account,  to- 
gether ; with  all  warrants  redeemed  and  paid  by  him ; which 
said  warrants,  with  any  and  all  vouchers  held  by  him,  shall  be 
delivered  to  the  clerk  and  filed  with  his  said  account  in  the 
clerk’s  office  upon  every  day  of  such  settlement.  He  shall  re- 
turn all  warrants  paid  by  him  stamped  or  marked  “paid/  He 
shall  keep  a register  of  all  warrants  redeemed  and  paid,  which 
shall  describe  such  warrants  and  show  the  date,  amount,  num- 
ber, the  fund  from  which  paid,  the  name  of  the  person  to  whom 
and  when  paid. 

Section  7.  The  treasurer  shall  keep  all  the  moneys  in 
some  national  bank  or  banks  of  the  city  of  Paris,  separate  and 


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distinct  from  his  own  moneys,  and  he  is  hereby  expressly  pro- 
hibited from  using,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  the  corporation 
money  or  warrants  in  his  custody  and  keeping  for  his  own  use 
and  benefit,  or  that  of  any  other  person  or  persons  whomsoever ; 
and  any  violation  of  this  provision  shall  subject  him  to  imme- 
diate removal  from  office  by  the  City  Council,  who  are  hereby 
authorized  to  declare  said  office  vacant;  and  in  which  case  a 
successor  shall  he  appointed,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the 
remainder  of  the  term  unexpired  of  such  officer  so  removed. 

Section  8.  The  treasurer  shall  report  to  the  City  Council 
as  often  as  they  require,  a full  and  detailed  account  of  all  re- 
ceipts and  expenditures  of  the  city,  as  shown  by  his  hooks,  up 
to  the  time  of  said  report;  and  he  shall  annually,  between  the 
first  and  tenth  of  April,  make  out  and  file  with  the  clerk,  a full 
and  detailed  account  of  all  such  receipts  and  expenditures,  and 
of  all  transactions  as  such  treasurer  during  the  preceding  fiscal 
year,  and  shall  show  in  such  account  the  state  of  the  treasury  at 
the  close  of  the  fiscal  year;  which  account  the  clerk  shall  im- 
mediately cause  to  he  published  in  a newspaper  printed  in 
such  city,  if  there  he  one,  and  if  not,  then  by  posting  one  in  a 
public  place  in  the  clerk’s  office. 

Section  9.  All  warrants  drawn  upon  the  treasurer  must 
he  signed  by  the  mayor  and  countersigned  by  the  clerk,  stating 
the  particular  fund  or  appropriation  to  which  the  same  is  charge- 
able and  the  person  to  vThom  payable;  and  no  money  shall  he 
otherwise  paid  than  lipon  such  warrants  so  drawn,  except  as 
hereinafter  provided. 


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Section  10.  All  moneys  received  on  any  special  assess- 
ment shall  be  held  by  the  treasurer  as  a special  fund,  to  he  ap- 
plied to  the  payment  of  the  improvement  for  which  assess- 
ment was  made,  and  said  money  shall  be  used  for  no  other  pur- 
pose whatever,  unless  to  reimburse  such  corporation  for  money 
expended  for  such  improvement. 

Section  11.  He  shall  perform  all  duties  and  make  all  oth- 
er reports  not  herein  specified,  which  are  required  of  him  un- 
der “Cities  and  Villages”  act  approved  April  10th,  1872,  and 
all  amendments  of  the  same. 

Section  12.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage  and  publication. 

TRESPASSING  AND  CARRYING  AWAY"  FRUIT,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  preventing  trespassing  and  carrying  away  fruit. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  trespass  upon  any  private  premises 
or  public  grounds,  and  injure,  destroy  or  carry  away  any  flower, 
fruit,  vegetable,  plant,  shrub,  tree  or  other  thing  which  may  be 
there  for  ornament  or  otherwise,  shall  be  subject  to  a penalty  of 
not  less  than  three  dollars,  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred 
dollars. 


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TRESPASS  UPON  PRIVATE  PREMISES 

AN  ORDINANCE  preventing  trespassing  on  private  premises. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  be  found  trespassing  upon  premises 
of  another  within  said  city,  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  fifty 
dollars. 

TRIAL 

AN  ORDINANCE  providing  proceedure  of  trial  on  arrest. 

(Passed  June  5,  1911.  Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whenever  any  person  shall  be  arrested  for  any  of- 
fense, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  police  officer  making  the  arrest, 
to  take  the  prisoner  to  the  police  headquarters  and  a record  of 
the  arrest  shall  be  made  in  the  book  kept  for  that  purpose.  If 
the  police  magistrate  is  at  his  office,  a trial  may  at  once  be  had, 
but  either  party  may  have  a continuance  for  a reasonable  time 
to  procure  witnesses,  or  for  other  good  cause  shown,  and  the 
prisoner  shall  enter  into  a recognizance  with  surety,  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  magistrate  for  his  appearance  at  the  time  of 
trial,  and  in  default  of  such  recognizance,  he  shall  be  confined 
in  the  city  calaboose  until  the  time  fixed  for  trial  and  until 
the  further  order  of  the  court. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  police  officers  arrest- 
ing any  person  for  violating  any  of  the  ordinances  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  to  inform  the  city  attorney  of  the  nature  of  the  of- 
fense committed  and  give  him  a list  of  the  witnesses. 


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VAGRANTS 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  punish  vagrants. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Any  person  able  to  work  and  support  himself  by 
any  honest  and  respectable  calling,  not  having  visible  means  of 
support,  who  shall  live  idly  without  lawful  employment,  or 
shall  loiter  or  stroll  about  begging,  or  shall  stroll,  loiter  about 
the  streets  or  railroad  depots,  or  railroad  grounds,  or  sleep  in 
railroad  cars,  or  be  found  therein,  or  frequent  gaming  houses, 
disorderly  or  bawdy  houses,  tippling  houses,  or  other  places 
where  intoxicating  liquors  are  sold,  or  shall  otherwise  lead  an 
idle  or  profligate  course  of  life;  or  any  person  who  shall  keep 
any  gaming  house,  or  keep  or  exhibit  any  gaming  implement 
for  the  purpose  of  gaming  therewith,  or  shall  pursue  gaming, 
or  who  shall  keep,  maintain  or  be  an  inmate  of  any  house  of 
prostitution,  or  who  shall  have  in  his  possession  any  implements 
used  for  counterfeiting,  or  for  the  commission  of  burglary,  or 
for  picking  locks  or  pockets,  or  any  implement  or  device  used 
by  cheats  and  swindlers,  without  being  able  to  give  a good  ac- 
count of  his  possession  of  the  same,  or  who  shall  trespass  upon 
private  property,  or  who  shall  sleep  in  sheds,  stables,  out- 
houses, or  in  the  open  air,  without  being  able  to  give  account 
of  himself  or  herself,  shall  be  deemed  a vagrant,  and  shall  be 
subject  to  a penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars,  and  not  ex- 
ceeding one  hundred  dollars. 


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VEHICLES  STANDING  ON  STREETS 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  vehicles  from  standing  on  streets  with- 
out driver. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.  Am3nded  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  leave  any  sled,  cart,  dray,  buggy,  au- 
tomobile, or  vehicle  standing  in  or  upon  any  street,  or  alley  of 
said  city,  without  a driver  shall  for  each  offense  be  fined  not 
exceeding  ten  dollars. 


WASTE  PAPER,  ETC. 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  throwing  of  waste  paper  on  the  streets, 
also  the  passing  of  hand  hills  on  the  streets  within  the  city  of 

Paris. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Any  person  who  shall  leave  or  throw  any  paper  on 
any  street  or  alley  or  other  public  place  in  the  city,  or  who  shall 
distribute  or  circulate  any  hand  bills,  or  dodgers,  by  giving  the 
same  to  any  person  or  persons  on  any  street  or  alley,  or  other 
public  place  in  said  city  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than 
one  dollar,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 


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WARD  ORDINANCE 

AN  ORDINANCE  dividing  the  city  of  Paris  in  five  wards  and  the 
present  boundaries. 

(Passed  Feb.  5,  1900.  Approved  Feb.  9,  1900.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordamed  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , The  city  of  Paris  shall  be  divided  into  five  wards  as 
follows,  to-wit : 

The  First  Ward  shall  include  the  following  territory:  Begin- 
ning at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  the  alley  between 
Main  street  and  Central  avenue  and  the  center  line  of  the  alley 
between  Court  street  and  Washington  street,  thence  west  along 
the  center  line  of  the  alley  between  Court  street  and  Washing- 
ton street,  extended  to  the  center  line  of  Jefferson 
avenue,  thence  south  along  the  center  line  of  Jefferson  avenue, 
to  the  center  line  of  Mladison  street,  thence  west  along  the 
center  line  of  Madison  street  to  the  west  city  limits,  thence 
south  and  east  along  the  west  and  south  city  limits  to  the  cen- 
ter line  of  the  alley  between  Main  street  and  Central  avenue, 
extending  thence  north  along  the  said  center  line  of  alley  be- 
tween Main  street  and  Central  avenue  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

The  Second  Ward  shall  include  the  following  territory:  Be- 
ginning at  the  center  of  the  square,  thence  south  along  the 
center  line  of  the  alley  between  Main  street  and  Central 
avenue,  extending  to  the  south  city  limits,  thence  east  and  north 
along  the  south  and  east  city  limits  to  the  center  line  of  the 
alley  between  Court  street  and  Wood  street  extending  thence 
west  along  said  center  line  of  the  alley  between  Court  and 
Wood  streets  to  the  place  of  beginning. 


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The  Third  Ward  shall  include  the  following  territory:  Be- 
ginning at  the  center  of  the  square,  thence  east  along  the  center 
line  of  the  alley  between  Court  street  and  Wood  street,  extend- 
ing to  the  east  city  limits,  thence  north  and  west  along  the  east 
and  north  city  limits  to  the  center  line  of  the  alley  between 
Main  street  and  Central  avenue  extending  thence  south  along 
said  center  line  of  alley  between  Main  street  and  Central  avenue 
to  the  place  of  beginning. 

The  Fourth  Ward  shall  include  the  following  territory:  Be- 
ginning at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  the  alley  be- 
tween Main  street  and  Central  avenue  and  the  center  of  the 
right-of-way  of  the  Big  Four  railroad,  thence  north  along  the 
center  line  of  the  alley  between  Main  street  and  Central 
avenue  extending  to  the  north  city  limits,  thence  west  and  south 
along  the  north  and  west  city  limits  to  the  center  line  of  Harri- 
son street,  thence  east  along  the  center  line  of  Harrison  street, 
to  the  center  line  of  West  End  avenue,  thence  south  along  the 
center  line  of  West  End  avenue  to  the  center  line  of  Liberty 
street,  thence  east  along  the  center  line  of  Liberty  street  to 
the  center  line  of  Jefferson  avenue,  thence  north  along  the  cen- 
ter line  of  Jefferson  avenue  to  the  center  line  of  Southerland 
avenue,  thence  east  along  the  center  line  of  Southerland  avenue 
to  the  center  line  of  Sheriff  street,  thence  north  along  the  cen- 
ter line  of  Sheriff  street  to  the  center  line  of  Andrew  street, 
thence  east  along  the  center  line  of  Andrew  street  to  the  cen- 
ter line  of  Central  avenue,  thence  south  along  the  center  line 


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of  Central  avenue  to  the  center  of  the  right-away  of  the  Big 
Four  railroad,  thence  northeastwardly  along  the  center  line 
of  Big  Four  right-of-way  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

The  Fifth  Ward  shall  include  the  following  territory:  Be- 
ginning at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  the  right-of- 
way  of  the  Big  Four  railroad  and  the  center  line  of  the  alley  be- 
tween Main  street  and  Central  avenue,  thence  southwestwardly 
along  the  center  of  right-of-way  of  the  Big  Four  railroad  to  the 
•center  line  of  Central  avenue,  thence  north  along  the  center 
line  of  Central  avenue  to  the  center  line  of  Andrew  street, 
thence  west  along  the  center  line  of  Andrew  street  to  the  cen- 
ter line  of  Sheriff  street,  thence  south  along  center  line  of 
Sheriff  street  to  the  center  line  of  Southerland  avenue,  thence 
west  along  the  center  line  of  Sutherland  avenue  to  center  line 
•of  Jefferson  avenue,  thence  south  along  the  center  line  of  Jeffer- 
son avenue  to  the  center  line  of  Liberty  street,  thence  west 
along  the  center  line  of  Liberty  street  to  the  center  line  of 
West  End  avenue,  thence  north  along  the  center  of  West  End 
avenue  to  the  center  line  of  Harrison  street,  thence  west  along 
the  center  line  of  Harrison  street  to  the  west  city  limits,  thence 
south  along  the  west  city  limits  to  the  center  line  of  Madison 
street,  thence  east  along  the  center  line  of  Madison  street  to 
the  center  line  of  Jefferson  avenue,  thence  north  along  the  cen- 
ter line  of  J efferson  avenue  to  the  extended  center 
line  of  alley  between  Court  street  and  Washington  street, 


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thence  east  along  the  center  line  of  the  alley  between  Court 
street  and  Washington  street  to  the  center  line  of  the  alley  be- 
tween Main  street  and  Central  avenue^  thence  north  along  the 
center  line  of  the  alley  between  Main  street  and  Central 
avenue  extended  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

Section  2.  That  chapter  one  of  the  revised  ordinances  of 
1899  be  and  is  hereby  repealed. 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  to  take  effect  on  and  after  its 
passage. 

WATER  WORKS  AND  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  DEPART- 
MENT 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  govern  and  protect  the  water  works  of  the  city" 

of  Paris. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.  Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city' 
of  Paris , That  a department  of  the  city  government  be  and 
is  hereby  established  to  be  called  the  “Water  Works  Depart- 
ment/? which  shall  be  under  the  direction  and  management  of 
a committee  of  the  City  Council  to  be  styled  the  “Board  of  Wa- 
ter Works.” 

Section  2.  Said  board  shall  consist  of  three  aldermen,  who 
shall  be  selected  by  ballot  at  the  regular  meeting  of  the  City 
Council  in  May,  in  each  and  every  year,  and  shall  hold  their 
offices  until  their  successors  are  appointed. 

Section  3.  Said  board  shall  elect  their  own  chairman  and 
such  other  committee  officers  as  they  may  deem  necessary,  and 


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shall  possess  all  other  powers  conferred  by  this  ordinance,  and 
in  case  any  vacancy  in  said  hoard  shall  occur  by  deaeh  or  resig- 
nation, removal  or  otherwise  such  vacancy  shall  he  filled  in  the 
same  manner  as  is  herein  before  provided  for  the  appointment 
of  such  members  of  said  board. 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  board  to  take  cogni- 
zance of  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  water  works  of  the  city, 
to  report  to  the  Council  upon  all  petitions  and  ordinances 
in  relation  to  water  works;  to  exercise  strict  control  over  the 
receipts  and  expenditures  of  the  department,  and  to  perform 
such  other  duties  as  may  be  ascribed  by  the  Council,  and  all 
bills  for  material  furnished  or  work  done,  including  every 
form  of  expenditure  in  said  department,  shall,  before  the  same 
are  paid,  be  presented  to  said  board  for  their  approval,  and  if 
approved,  shall  be  signed  by  the  chairman  and  presented  to  the 
City  Council  for  their  concurance  and  allowance. 

Section  5.  There  shall  be  an  account  kept  by  the  city 
treasurer,  which  account  shall  be  denominated  the  “Water 
Works  Fund,”  and  all  the  receipts  in  the  treasury,  whether 
arising  from  the  collection  of  water  rates,  the  proceeds  of  the 
sale  of  water  bonds,  taxation  or  from  the  sales  of  any  property 
or  material  connected  with  the  water  works,  shall  be  placed  to 
the  credit  of  said  fund,  and  all  expenditures  authorized  by  ordi- 
nance and  all  salaries  and  disbursements  connected  with  the 
management  and  operation  of  the  water  works,  shall  be  paid 
out  of  said  fund. 

Section  6.  That  said  board  shall  and  they  are  hereby  au- 
thorized : 


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First.  To  appoint  a superintendent,  and  enigneer  of  wa- 
ter works,  and  such  other  officers,  agents  and  employes  as  they 
may  deem  necessary,  define  their  several  duties,  and  fix  their 
compensation,  to  he  approved  by  the  City  Council. 

Second.  To  construct  reservoirs,  jets  and  public  and  private 
hydrants,  to  lay  pipes  in  and  through  all  the  streets,  lanes, 
avenues,  alleys  and  highways  of  said  city,  and  to  construct 
fountains  in  the  public  square  and  other  public  grounds  of 
said  city  as  the  City  Council  shall  deem  expedient  and  may 
direct. 

Third.  To  make  needful  rules  and  regulations  concerning 
the  use  of  water  supplied  by  the  water  works  of  said  city,  and 
to  do  all  acts  and  make  such  rules  and  regulations  for  the  con- 
struction, completion,  management  and  control  of  the  water 
works  of  said  city  as  they  may  deem  necessary  and  expedient, 
subject,  nevertheless  to  revision  by  the  City  Council. 

Fourth.  To  construct  such  aqueducts  or  pipes  from  Sugar 
Creek  or  elsewhere  in  Edgar  county  to  the  said  city  of  Paris, 
and  to  construct  such  plumbing  work,  break  waters,  subsiding 
basins,  filter  beds  and  reservoirs,  and  to  lay  such  water  mains, 
and  to  make  all  other  constructions  in  said  county  or  city  as 
shall  be  deemed  necessary  to  obtain  from  Sugar  Creek  or  else- 
where a sufficient  and  abundant  supply  of  pure  and  wholesome 
water  for  the  use  of  the  inhabitants  of  said  city. 

Fifth.  To  dig  wells,  such  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  to  in- 
sure a supply  of  pure  water,  and  to  erect  such  dam  or  dams  as 
may  be  necessary  to  secure  and  preserve  the  same. 


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Sixth.  To  contract  under  the  direction  of  the  City  Council, 
Tor  the  purchasing  and  selling  of  any  real  estate  and  personal 
property  which  may  be  necessary  and  proper  to  carry  out  the 
intention  and  object  of  this  ordinance. 

Seventh.  To  enter  upon  any  land  or  water  within  or  with- 
out the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris  for  the  purpose  of 
making  surveys  or  constructing  any  of  the  works  authorized 
and  contemplated  by  this  ordinance,  and  agree  with  the  own- 
ers of  any  land  or  property  which  may  be  required  for  the 
purpose  of  properly  constructing  said  water  works,  as  to  the 
amount  of  compensation  to  he  paid  to  such  owner  for  the  prop- 
erty so  taken  or  the  amount  of  damages  to  he  paid  to  such  own- 
er or  owners  by  reason  of  the  construction  of  any  of  the  works 
herein  contemplated  and  authorized,  subject  to  the  revision  and 
approval  of  the  City  Council. 

Eighth.  To  do  and  perform  such  other  and  further  duties 
as  they,  from  time  to  time,  may  deem  necessary  to  be  done,  or 
as  they  may  he,  from  time  to  time,  directed  to  do  or  perform 
by  the  City  Council,  by  ordinance  or  resolution,  in  reference 
to  the  construction  or  management  of  said  water  works,  or  in 
any  wise  appertaining  thereto. 

Section  7.  That  in  any  case  of  disagreement  between 
said  board  of  water  works  and  the  owners  of  property  which 
may,  in  the  judgment  of  said  board,  be  required  for  any  of  the 
purposes  specified  in  this  ordinance,  as  to  the  amount  of  com- 
pensation to  be  paid  to  said  owners,  or  in  case  such  owner 


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shall  be  an  infant,  insane  or  absent  from  the  state,  or  in  case 
of  disagreement  between  the  said  board  or  any  owner  or  owners 
of  property  touching  the  amount  of  damages  arising  from  the 
construction  of  any  part  of  the  water  works  herein  authorized, 
the  City  Council  shall  proceed  to  condemn  said  property,  and  tO' 
have  the  amount  of  damages  ascertained  in  the  manner  pro- 
vided by  law  for  the  taking  of  private  property  for  public  use. 

Section  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  hoard  to  take  cogni- 
zance of  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  lighting  of  the  city,  to  re- 
port to  the  Council  upon  petitions  and  ordinances  in  relation 
to  lighting  the  city  and  to  the  electric  light  plant ; to  exercise 
control  over  the  receipts  and  expenditures  of  the  department 
and  to  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  he  prescribed  by  the 
Council;  and  all  hills  furnished  or  for  work  done,  including 
every  form  of  expenditure  in  said  department,  shall,  before 
the  same  are  paid,  be  presented  to  said  hoard  for  their  approval, 
and  if  approved  shall  he  signed  by  the  chairman  and  presented 
to  the  City  Council  for  their  concurrence  and  allowance. 

Section  9.  There  shall  he  kept  an  account  by  the  eity  treas- 
urer which  shall  he  denominated  the  “Electric  Light  Eund”  and 
all  the  receipts  in  the  treasury,  whether  arising  from  taxation 
for  electric  light,  sale  of  bonds,  or  for  the  sale  of  any  property 
or  material  connected  with  the  electric  light  plant,  shall  be 
placed  to  the  credit  of  said  fund,  and  all  expenditures  author- 
ized by  ordinance,  and  all  salaries  and  disbursements  connect- 
ed with  the  management  and  operation  of  the  electric  light 
plant,  shall  he  paid  out  of  said  fund. 


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Section  10.  Said  board  shall,  and  they  are  hereby  au- 
thorized : 

First.  To  appoint  an  engineer,  firemen,  carbon  trimmer, 
and  such  other  officers,  agents  and  employes  as  they  may  deem 
necessary;  define  their  several  duties  and  fix  their  compensa- 
tion, to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council. 

Second.  To  erect  and  put  in  operation  an  electric  light 
plant  of  sufficient  capacity  to  light  the  streets,  alleys,  highways 
and  city  buildings  of  said  city,  including  the  necessary  boilers, 
engines,  dynamos,  lamps,  wire,  poles,  towers  and  other  ma- 
chinery necessary  for  the  proper  equipment  and  operation  of 
said  plant,  and  to  erect  such  additions  to  the  water  works  build- 
ing as  will  accommodate  said  plant. 

Third.  To  make  needful  rules  and  regulations  concerning 
the  use  and  operation  of  said  plant  and  light,  and  to  do  all  acts 
and  make  such  rules  and  regulations  for  the  construction,  com- 
pletion, management  and  control  of  the  electric  light  plant  of 
said  city  as  they  may  deem  necessary  and  expedient,  subject 
nevertheless  to  revision  by  the  City  Council. 

Fourth.  To  do  and  perform  such  other  and  further  duties 
as  they  from  time  to  time  may  deem  necessary  to  be  done,  or  as 
they  may  be  from  time  to  time  directed  to  do  or  perform  by  the 
City  Council,  by  ordinance  or  resolution,  in  reference  to  the 
construction  or  management  of  said  electric  light  plant  or  in 
anywise  appertaining  thereto. 

Section  11.  That  no  person,  except  the  engineer  and  super- 
intendent of  the  water  works,  shall  take  water  from  any  pub- 


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lie  or  private  hydrant,  plug,  street  washer,  draw  cock,  hose  pipe 
or  fountain,  (except  for  fire  purposes,  or  for  the  use  of  the  fire 
department  in  case  of  fire)  nor  shall,  in  any  way,  use  or  take 
any  water  for  private  use,  unless  such  person  shall  receive  the 
usual  permit  from  the  superintendent  of  the  water  works  so  to 
do. 

Section  12.  No  person  shall  open  any  fire  hydrant,  or  re- 
move or  obstruct  the  stop-cock  cover  of  any  fire  dydrant,  private 
stop-cock  of  any  street  washer,  place  or  deposit  any  dirt  or  any 
material  in  such  stop-cock  boxes  or  turn  any  public  or  private 
stop-cock,  or  commit  any  act  tending  to  obstruct  the  use  there- 
of, or  injure  in  any  manner  any  building,  machinery,  pipe,  ap' 
paratus,  tools  or  fixtures  of  water  works. 

Section  13.  No  person  shall  put  any  filth,  animal  or  vege- 
table matter,  chips,  shavings,  or  any  other  substance  on  the 
water  works  grounds,  or  do  any  injury  thereto. 

Section  14.  No  person  shall  deposit  or  throw  any  filth 
dead  animals  or  carcasses  into  the  reservoir. 

Section  15.  Any  person  violating  either  of  the  provisions 
aforesaid  shall,  upon  conviction,  thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum 
not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars, 
and  be  liable  to  all  damage  and  costs  accuring  from  such  viola- 
tion and  prosecution. 

Section  16.  No  person  but  the  properly  authorized  agent 
of  the  board  of  water  works,  acting  under  the  direction  of  the 
superintendent,  will  be  permitted  to  tap  or  make  any  connec- 
tion with  the  main  or  distributing  pipes  of  the  water  works. 


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Section  17.  Any  consumer  who  shall  habitually  permit 
others,  not  members  of  his  family,  to  use  water  from  his  or 
their  pipe,  and  any  one  who  shall  thus  obtain  water,  shall  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  dollars  and  not  exceeding 
twenty  dollars. 

Section  18.  No  water  is  to  be  taken  from  hydrants  at  curb 
stone,  except  for  sprinkling  purposes  and  washing  front  of 
house  or  houses,  or  such  purpose  as  they  may  have  contracted 
for  as  shown  on  permit ; and  any  one  violating  the  requirements 
of  this  section,  shall  be  fined  in  a sum  not  less  than  five  and 
not  exceeding  ten  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Section  19.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons 
to  erect  or  maintain  any  awning,  post  or  tree  within  twelve 
inches  of  any  hydrant  in  the  city  of  Paris.  Any  person  who 
shall  violate  any  of  the  preceding  sections  of  this  ordinance, 
shall,  on  conviction,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  twenty- 
five  dollars. 

WEIGHING  OF  GUNPOWDER— KEROSENE 

AN  ORDINANCE  prohibiting  the  weighing  of  gunpowder,  gun  cot- 
ton, or  drawing  kerosene  oil  by  gas  or  lamp  light. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899). 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whoever  shall  by  gas  light,  lamp  light  or  any  arti- 
ficial light,  weigh  any  gunpowder  or  gun  cotton,  or  draw  any 
kerosene  oil  or  burning  fluid  from  any  cask  or  barrel,  shall  be 
fined  not  less  than  one  dollar,  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 


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WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES 

AN  ORDINANCE  for  the  regulation  of  weights  and  measures. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.  Amended  and  passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  there  shall  be  appointed  by  said  City  Council 
a sealer  of  weights  and  measures  for  said  city  of  Paris,  whose 
duty  it  shall  he  to  compare  all  weights  and  measure  which 
shall  he  brought  to  him  for  that  purpose,  with  copies  of  the 
original  standards  to  be  obtained  from  the  state  sealer,  at 
Springfield,  Illinois,  and  when  the  same  are  found  or  made  to 
conform  to  the  legal  standards,  the  officer  comparing  the  same 
shall  seal  and  mark  said  weights  and  measures. 

Section  2.  Said  sealer  of  weights  shall  be  allowed  a fee 
of  twenty-five  cents  ($.25)  for  each  weight  or  measure  sealed 
by  him,  to  be  paid  by  the  person  applying  to  have  it  sealed.  If 
any  person  or  persons  shall,  after  the  standard  provided  for  by 
the  sealer  shall  within  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris,  use  any 
weights  or  measures,  in  weighing  or  measuring  any  commodi- 
ties for  sale,  which  are  not  conformable  to  the  standards  speci- 
fied by  the  sealer,  whereby  any  purchaser  of  any  commodity, 
or  article  of  trade  or  traffic,  shall  be  injured  or  defrauded,  such 
person  or  persons  using  such  fraudulent  weights  or  measures, 
shall  be  fined,  for  each  offense,  five  dollars,  to  be  recovered  by 
action  of  debt,  for  the  use  of  said  city,  before  the  police  magis- 
trate. 

Section  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  sealer  of  weights  and 
measures  to  examine  all  weights  and  measures  used  within  the 


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corporate  limits  of  said  city,  in  the  sale  of  commodities,  at  least 
once  in  two  months;  and  if  he  finds  them  correct,  to  seal  and 
mark  the  same ; and  for  this  purpose,  he  is  authorized  to  enter 
any  store,  grocery,  business  house,  or  any  place  of  public  resort, 
during  business  hours,  and  examine  such  weights  and  measures. 

WORK  HOUSE 

AN  ORDINANCE  to  establish  a work  house  and  to  regulate  the 
same  together  with  the  persons  working  therein. 

(Passed  June  5,  1911.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  the  police  hoard  are  hereby  authorized  and 
empowered  to  erect  a building,  in  connection  with  the  police 
station  in  Paris,  Illinois,  the  cost  of  said  building  not  to  exceed 
$75.00,  said  building  shall  be  used,  until  otherwise  ordered,  as 
a work  house. 

Section  2.  Said  work  house  shall  be  used  and  operated  as 
part  of  the  station  house  in  said  city,  for  the  purpose  of  con- 
fining therein  persons  convicted  of  violating  the  ordinances  of 
said  city  and  who  fail  to  pay  or  replevie  the  judgment  or  judg- 
ments rendered  for  the  penalty  or  penalties  of  such  violations. 

Section  3.  Whenever  any  person  is  convicted  of  violating 
any  of  the  ordinances  of  said  city  now  in  force  or  hereafter 
passed,  the  police  magistrate,  justice  of  the  peace  or  court  in 
rendering  judgment  against  such  person  shall  order  and  ad- 
judge that  if  the  judgment  for  the  penalty  of  violating  said 


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ordinances  is  not  paid  or  replevied,  the  defendant  shall  be  com- 
mitted to  the  station  house  of  said  city  until  such  fine,  penalty 
and  costs  shall  be  fully  paid.  Provided , no  such  imprisonment 
shall  exceed  six  months  for  any  one  offense  ; and  that  such  de- 
fendant pay  such  judgment  by  manual  labor  in  said  work  house 
of  said  city  under  the  control  of  the  chief  of  police  or  any 
policeman  or  other  officer  of  said  city,  as  the  Council  may  di- 
rect, and  for  such  labor  defendant  shall  be  allowed,  exclusive 
of  his  or  her  board,  fifty  cents  for  each  day’s  work  on  account 
of  such  judgments  and  costs,  and  if  said  prisoner  is  sick  or  his 
strength  will  not  permit  him  to  work,  such  prisoner  shall  not 
be  required  to  do  manual  labor. 

Section  4.  The  chief  of  police  of  the  said  city  shall  be  the 
keeper  of  the  said  work  house,  and  each  evening  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  officer  controlling  and  working  the  prisoners  in  such 
workhouse  to  return  them  to  the  custody  of  the  said  station 
house  keeper. 

Section  5.  The  officer  in  charge  of  such  prisoners  shall 
work  them  not  less  than  six  hours  nor  more  than  ten  hours  per 
day,  according  to  the  season  of  the  year,  and  except  when  other- 
wise ordered,  shall  work  them  at  breaking  stone  in  said  work 
house,  and  shall  at  all  times  keep  the  time  of  such  laborers  and 
report  the  same  to  the  mayor  of  said  city. 

Section  fi.  The  police  board  of  said  city  shall  have  the 
power  from  time  to  time  to  fix  the  hours  of  work,  within  the 
limits  above  stated,  and  to  provide  the  stone,  hammers,  stove 


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and  fuel  and  other  materials  for  the  prisoners  to  work  with,  and 
it  shall  he  their  duty  so  to  do,  and  the  said  city  of  Paris  shall 
pay  for  the  same  out  of  its  general  fund. 

Section  7.  The  stone  which  is  broken  by  the  said  prison- 
ers in  said  work  house  shall  be  used  by  the  street  and  alley  com- 
mittee or  commissioner  of  streets  of  the  city  of  Paris,  for  the 
improvements  of  the  streets  therein. 

Section  8.  All  ordinancs  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict 
with  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repeal- 
ed. 

Section  9.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  and  effect  on 
and  after  its  passage  and  approval. 

WORK.— REFUSING 

AN  ORDINANCE  providing  that  prisoners  refusing  to  work  shall  be 
given  bread  and  water. 

(Passed  June  5,  1899.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , In  case  any  person  so  committed  to  the  city  prison 
to  enforce  payment  of  any  fine  and  costs,  shall  refuse  to  per- 
form such  labor  as  is  required  to  be  performed  by  him,  such 
person  refusing  shall  be  confined  in  a cell  of  said  prison,  with 
a diet  of  bread  and  water  only,  for  a term  of  time  sufficient  at 
the  rate  of  two  dollars  per  day  for  each  working  day,  to  pay 
such  fine  and  costs  and  shall  then  be  discharged. 


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BROKERS 

AN  ORDINANCE  in  relation  to  brokers  and  commission  merchants. 
(Passed  January  11,  1904.  Amended  and  passed  January  1,  1912.) 

Section  1.  Ko  person  within  the  limits  of  this  city  shall 
engage  in  business  as  a grain,  meat,  lard  or  provision  broker,  or 
sell  or  buy  on  commission,  or  take  orders  for  grain,  meat,  lard 
or  provisions,  for  any  other  person  or  corporation  as  such  brok- 
er, without  first  obtaining  a license  therefor,  as  hereinafter  di- 
rected. Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  be  fined  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense.  Pro- 
vided, this  ordinance  shall  not  apply  to  any  person  dealing  in 
grain,  meat,  lard  or  provisions  when  the  article  sold  or  pur- 
chased shall  be  actually  delivered. 

Section  2.  For  a license  to  engage  in  business  as  such 
broker  or  to  sell  or  buy  on  commission  aforesaid,  within  the 
city  of  Paris,  there  shall  be  charged  the  sum  of  fifty  ($50.00) 
dollars  per  month,  payable  in  advance.  All  ordinances  or 
parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this  ordinance  are  hereby 
repealed. 


PART  TWO 


POWERS  OF  CITY  COUNCIL 
SPECIAL  ORDINANCES 
FRANCHISES 
RESOLUTIONS 


ETC. 


SPECIAL  LEGISLATION 


ANNEXATION  ORDINANCE 

AN  ORDINANCE  annexing  certain  territory  to  the  city  of  Paris. 

(Passed  September  19,  1904.) 

Whereas,  On  the  26th  day  of  August,  1904,  a petition  sign- 
ed by  the  majority  of  the  legal  voters  and  by  a majority  of  the 
property  owners  of  the  territory  hereinafter  described  and 
which  is  contiguous  to  the  city  of  Paris,  asking  that  said  terri- 
tory be  annexed  to  the  city,  was  presented  to  the  City  Council 
of  the  city  of  Paris,  atl  a meeting  thereof,  and  said  Counci 
thereupon  ordered  an  election  to  be  held  in  said  city  on  Septem- 
ber 16th,  1904,  for  the  purpose  of  annexing  said  territory  to 
the  city  of  Paris.  And 

Whereas,  On  the  16th  day  of  September,  1904,  said  elec- 
tion was  held  in  all  respects  in  accordance  with  the  laws  and 
the  returns  thereof  show  that  there  were  six  hundred  and  four- 
teen, (614)  votes  in  favor  of  said  proposition  and  twenty-eight 
(28)  votes  against  the  same. 

Therefore,  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of 
Paris , That  the  following  described  territory,  to-wit : — 

All  of  that  part  of  the  east  half  of  the  northwest  quarter 
which  lies  south  and  west  of  the  right-of-way  of  the  Terre 
Haute  and  Peoria,  (formerly  the  Illinois  Midland  and  original- 
ly the  Paris  and  Terre  Haute)  Railroad  Company,  being  forty- 


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four  acres  more  or  less ; also  all  of  the  northeast  quarter  of  the 
southwest  quarter,  containing  forty  acres  more  or  less,  all  in 
section  twelve  (12),  in  township  thirteen  (13)  north,  and  in 
range  twelve  (12),  west  of  the  2nd  p.  m.,  and  containing  in  all 
84  acres  more  or  less;also  the  north  half  of  the  northwest  quar- 
ter of  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  twelve  (12)  in  township 
thirteen  (13)  north,  and  in  range  twelve  (12),  west  of  the  sec- 
ond p.  m.,  containing  twenty  acres  more  or  less  except  that  part 
thereof  which  is  embraced  by  J asper  Street  in  the  city  of  Paris, 
Edgar  county,  Illinois,  and  except  that  part  thereof  which  lies 
north  and  east  of  the  Terre  Haute  and  Peoria  (formerly  the 
Terre  Haute  and  Indianapolis  and  the  Illinois  Midland,  and 
originally  the  Paris  and  Terre  Haute)  Railroad  Company’s 
right-of-way,  and  except  that  part  thereof  which  is  included  in 
said  railroad  company’s  right-of-way  and  except  that  part  there- 
of described  as  beginning  at  a point  thirty-one  (31)  rods  and 
fifteen  (15)  links  east  of  the  northwest  corner  of  said  section 
twelve  (12),  thence  east  II  rods  and  22  links,  thence  south  17 
rods  and  22  links,  thence  west  17  rods  and  22  links,  thence 
north  17  rods  and  22  links  to  the  place  of  beginning;  also  the 
south  half  of  the  northwest  quarter  of  the  northwest  quarter  con- 
taining twenty  acres  more  or  less;  also  the  southwest  quarter 
of  the  northwest  quarter  containing  40  acres  more  or  less ; also 
the  northwest  quarter  of  the  southwest  quarter,  containing  40 
acres  more  or  less,  all  in  section  twelve  (12),  in  township  thir- 
teen north,  and  in  range  twelve  (12),  west  of  the  2nd  p.  m.,  and 


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containing  in  all  one  hundred  (100)  acres  more  or  less  except 
a piece  of  land  described  as  follows,  to-wit:  beginning  at  the 
southwest  corner  of  the  northwest  quarter  of  the  southwest 
quarter  of  section  twelve  (12)  township  thirteen  (13),  north, 
range  twelve  (12),  west  of  the  2nd  p.  m. ; thence  north  653  feet, 
thence  east  1,885  feet,  thence  south  665  feet,  thence  west  1,885 
to  the  place  of  beginning;  be  annexed  to  the  city  of  Paris  upon 
the  filing  of  a copy  of  this  ordinance  with  an  accurate  map  of 
the  territory  to  be  annexed,  duly  certified  by  the  mayor,  in  the 
office  of  the  recorder  of  deeds  of  Edgar  county,  Illinois. 

ANNEXATION  ORDINANCE 

AN  ORDINANCE  annexing  certain  territory  to  the  city  of  Paris. 

(Passed  July  6,  1908.) 

Wheeeas,  On  the  fourth  day  of  May,  1908,  a petition,  sign- 
ed by  the  legal  voters  and  by  a majority  of  the  property  owners 
of  the  territory  hereinafter  described  and  which  is  continu- 
ous to  the  city  of  Paris,  asking  that  said  territory  be  annexed  to 
said  city,  was  presented  to  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris 
at  a meeting  thereof;  and  the  said  Council  thereupon  ordered 
an  election  to  be  held  in  said  city  on  June  9th,  1908,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  voting  on  the  proposition  of  annexing  said  territory  to 
the  city  of  Paris.  And. 

Whereas,  On  the  ninth  day  of  June,  1908,  said  election 
wTas  held  in  all  respects  in  accordnance  with  the  statute  in  which 
case  made  and  provided ; and  the  returns  of  said  election  there- 


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of  show  that  there  were  fifty-eight  (58)  votes  cast  at  said  elec- 
tion in  favor  of  said  proposition  and  one  (1)  vote  cast  at  said 
election  against  the  said  proposition.  Therefore 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris , That 
the  following  described  territory,  to-wit:  All  that  part  of  the 
southeast  quarter  of  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  twelve 
(12),  town  thirteen  (13)  north,  range  twelve  (12),  west  of 
the  second  p.  m.,  lying  north  of  the  Commercial  Club’s  addi- 
tion and  west  of  the  W.  S.  O’Hair  addition  to  the  city  of 
Paris,  Illinois,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  annexed  to  the  city  of 
Paris,  upon  the  filing  of  a copy  of  this  ordinance,  with  an  ac- 
curate map  of  the  territory  to  he  annexed,  duly  certified  hv  the 
mayor  of  the  city  of  Paris,  in  the  office  of  the  recorder  of  deeds 
of  Edgar  county,  Illinois. 

ANNEXATION— PETITION 

(Passed  May  4,  1908.) 

That  Whereas , a petition  was  presented  to  the  City  Council 
of  the  city  of  Paris,  May  4th,  1908,  praying  that  the  following 
described  territory,  to-wit  : All  that  part  of  the  southeast  quar- 
ter of  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  12,  town  13,  range  12, 
west  of  the  second  principal  meridian,  lying  north  of  the  Com- 
mercial Club  addition  and  west  of  W.  S.  O’Hair’s  addition  to 
the  city  of  Paris,  Illinois,  contiguous  to  the  city  of  Paris,  Illi- 
nois, and  not  embraced  within  its  corporate  limits,  be  annexed 
to  the  said  city  of  Paris,  Illinois.  Therefore, 


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Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
■of  Paris , That  a special  election  is  hereby  called  to  be  held 

at  the  city  building  in  the  city  of  Paris,  Illinois,  on  the  9th  day 
of  June,  1908,  for  the  purpose  of  voting  for  or  against  the  pro- 

MEi 

position  of  the  annexation  of  the  following  described  real  es- 
tate: 

All  that  part  of  the  southeast  quarter  of  the  northwest  quar- 
ter of  section  12,  town  13,  range  12,  west  of  the  second  princi- 
pal meridian  lying  north  of  the  Commercial  Club  addition  and 
west  of  W.  S.  O’Hair’s  addition  to  the  city  of  Paris,  Illinois. 

Section  2.  The  city  clerk  of  the  city  of  Paris  is  hereby  di- 
rected to  take  all  necessary  steps  for  the  holding  of  said  elec- 
tion at  the  time  and  place  and  for  the  purpose  as  designated  in 
the  foregoing  section  of  this  ordinance. 

Section  3.  The  following  named  citizens  of  the  city  of 
Paris  are  hereby  appointed  judges  of  the  said  election:  Owen 
S.  J ones,  J.  N.  Bond  and  E.  P.  ITaug,  and  the  following  named 
•citizens  are  hereby  appointed  clerks  of  said  election:  Samuel 
Van  Sickle  and  F.  M.  Davis. 

AN  ORDINANCE  NAMING  STREETS 

(Passed  May  19,  1873.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  the  street  running  north  and  south  passing  the 
public  square  on  the  west  in  said  city  and  extending  from  the 


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north  corporation  line  of  said  city  to  the  south  line  of  section 
one  (1),  township  thirteen  (13),  north  of  range  twelve  (12) 
west,  shall  he  known  by  the  name  of  Central  Avenue. 

Section  2.  That  the  street  running  north  and  south  pass- 
ing the  east  side  of  the  public  square  in  said  city  and  extending 
from  the  north  corporation  line  of  said  city  to  the  south  line 
of  section  one  (1),  township  thirteen  (13),  north  of  range 
twelve  (12)  west,  shall  be  known  by  the  name  of  Main  street. 

Section  3.  That  the  street  running  north  and  south  along 
the  west  line  of  section  one  (1),  township  thirteen  (13)  ( range 
twelve  (12)  west,  from  the  northwest  corner  of  said  section  one 
(1)  to  the  southwest  corner  of  said  section  one  (1),  shall  be 
known  by  the  name  of  Jefferson  avenue. 

Section  4.  That  the  street  running  east  and  west  passing 
the  public  square  on  the  north  side  in  said  city  and  extending 
from  the  east  corporation  line  of  said  city  and  to  the  east  line 
of  the  premises  of  J.  A.  Eads,  shall  be  known  by  the  name  of 
Wood  street. 

Section  5.  That  the  street  running  east  and  west  passing 
the  south  side  of  the  public  square  in  said  city  and  extending 
from  the  track  of  the  Indianapolis  and  St.  Louis  Railroad  Com- 
pany to  the  premises  of  R.  Henson,  shall  be  known  by  the  name 
of  Court  street. 

Section  6.  That  the  street  running  along  the  north  line  of 
said  section  one  (1),  township  thirteen  (13),  range  twelve 
(12)  west,  east  and  west  from  Central  avenue  to  the  northeast 


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corner  of  said  section  one  (1),  town  thirteen  (13),  range 
twelve  (12)  west,  shall  he  known  by  the  name  of  Edgar  street. 

Section  7.  That  the  street,  the  north  line  of  which  com- 
mences at  the  southwest  corner  of  lot  34  and  the  south  line  of 
which  commences  at  the  northwest  comer  of  lot  35  in  W.  B. 
Vance’s  third  addition  in  said  city  and  running  east  to  the 
west  line  of  Main  street,  shall  he  known  by  the  name  of  Andrew 
street. 

Section  8.  All  ordinances,  parts  of  ordinances,  resolutions 
or  parts  of  resolutions  in  conflict  with  this  ordinance  be  and  the 
same  are,  hereby  repealed. 

Section  9.  This  ordinance  to  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
passage. 


BUENA  VISTA  GRADE 

(Passed  July  20,  1908.) 

Resolved , by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris,  Illinois. 
Whereas,  An  ordinance  was  passed  at  a regular  called  spe- 
cial meeting  of  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris,  July  20th, 
1908,  providing  that  the  grade  of  Buena  Vista  street  in  the 
city  of  Paris  be  changed.  Therefore,  be  it 

Resolved  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris  that  the 
city  clerk  of  the  city  of  P aris  deliver  to  the  agent  of  the  Cleve- 
land, Cincinnati,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Railway  Company  at 
Paris,  Illinois,  a duly  certified  copy  of  the  ordinance  changing 


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the  grade  of  Buena  Vista  street,  and  also  an  order  directing 
the  Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  Railway 
Company  to  conform  to  the  grade  as  established  in  said  ordi- 
nance across  their  right  of  way  where  Buena  Vista  street 
crosses  the  said  Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis 
Railway  Company’s  right  of  way. 


FLAGMEN  AND  GATES  AT  RAILROAD  CROSSINGS 

(Passed  Nov.  11,  1910.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , the  C.  C.  C.  & St.  L.  Ry.  Co.  and  the  C.  V.  & C. 
Ry.  Co.,  shall  maintain  gates  at  the  point  where  Main 
street  crosses  the  C.  C.  C.  & St.  L.  Ry  tracks  in  the  city  of 
Paris ; and  gates  at  the  point  where  Central  avenue  crosses  the 
C.  C.  C.  & St.  L.  Ry.  tracks  in  the  city  of  Paris;  and  at  the 
point  where  Jefferson  avenue  crosses  the  C.  C.  C.  & St.  L.  Ry. 
tracks  in  the  city  of  Paris,  the  C.  C.  C.  & St.  L.  Ry.  shall  main- 
tain a flagman;  and  at  the  point  where  Sheriff  street  crosses 
the  C.  C.  C.  & St.  L.  Ry.  tracks  in  the  city  of  Paris,  said  C. 
C.  C.  & St.  L.  Ry.  shall  maintain  a flagman ; and  at  the  point 
where  Austin  street  crosses  the  C.  C.  C.  & St.  L.  Ry.  tracks  in 
the  city  of  Paris,  said  C.  C.  C.  & St.  L.  Ry.  shall  maintain  a 
flagman;  and  at  the  point  where  Court  street  crosses  the  C. 
V.  & C.  Ry.  tracks  in  the  city  of  Paris,  said  C.  V.  & C.  Ry. 
shall  maintain  a flagman. 


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Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  C.  C.  C.  & St.  L.  Ry. 
and  the  C.  V.  & 0.  Ry.  Companies,  mentioned  in  said  Section 
1 of  this  ordinance,  where  flagmen  are  required,  to  keep  flag- 
men at  each  of  the  crossings  described  in  said  Section  1,  of 
this  ordinance  from  7 A.  M.  until  7 P.  M.  And  at  Main  street 
and  Central  avenue  crossings  mentioned  in  Section  1 of  this 
ordinance,  where  gates  are  required  to  be  kept  by  the  company, 
said  gates  shall  be  operated  and  kept  in  use  for  the  benefit  of 
the  public  from  6 A.  M.  until  11  P.  M. 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  is  passed  and  made  effective 
because  it  is  necessary  for  the  proper  protection  of  human  life 
and  property  where  said  railway  tracks  cross  public  streets. 

Section  4.  This  ordinance  shall  become  effective  and  op- 
erative as  provided  by  the  statute  of  the  state  of  Illinois 
in  such  cases  made  and  provided. 

Section  5.  This  ordinance  shall  be  enforced  as  by  statute 
of  the  state  of  Illinois  in  such  cases  made  and  provided. 

Section  6.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  con- 
flicting with  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed  and  it  shall 
go  into  effect  immediately  upon  its  passage. 

VANDALIA  FLAGMAN 

(Passed  Sept.  4,  1911.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  the  Vandalia  Railroad  Company  shall  be  re- 


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quired  to  maintain  a flagman  in  the  city  of  Paris,  at  the  point 
where  the  Yandalia  Railroad  Company’s  tracks  cross  Jefferson 
avenue  at  or  near  the  ice  plant. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  flagman  to  re- 
main at  the  intersections  described  in  Section  1 from  seven 
o’clock  A.  M.  until  eight  o’clock  P.  Ml 

Section  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  clerk  of  the  city 
of  Paris  to  notify  the  said  Yandalia  Railroad  Company  of  the 
passage  of  this  ordinance  by  delivering  a copy  of  the  same  to 
the  local  agent  of  the  Yandalia  Railroad  Company  and  inform- 
ing him  of  the  contents  thereof. 


FLAGMAN— LIBERTY  STREET 

(Passed  August  1,  1910.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  The  C.  C.  C.  & St.  L.  R.  R.  Company  and  the  C. 
Y.  & C.  Ry.  Company  shall  maintain  a flagman  in  the  city  of 
Paris  at  the  point  where  the  C.  Y.  & C.  Ry.  Company  tracks 
cross  Liberty  street. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  flagman  to  re- 
main at  the  intersection  described  in  Section  1 from  seven  (7) 
A.  M.  until  five  (5)  P.  M. 

Section  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  city  clerk  of  the  city 
of  Paris  to  notify  the  said  railroad  companies  on  the  passage 


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of  this  ordinance  by  delivering  a copy  of  same  to  the  local  agent 
of  the  C.  C.  C.  & St.  L.  R.  R.  Company  and  the  C.  V.  & C. 
R.  R.  Company. 

FLAGMAN— C.  V.  & C.  AND  BOYDSTON  STREET 

(Passed  July  1,  1907.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Permission  and  authority  is  hereby  granted  and  giv- 
en to  the  Cairo,  Vincennes  and  Chicago  Railway  Co.,  a cor- 
poration organized  and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of 
Illinois,  its  successors,  grantees  and  assigns  to  lay  down  and 
place  upon  the  north  188.28  feet  of  Boydston  street  in  said 
city  of  Paris,  Illinois,  its  switches,  side  tracks,  switch  targets, 
and  all  other  necessary  appurtenances  for  the  operation  of  its 
railroad  and  switch  yards  over  and  upon  that  portion  of  Boyds- 
ston  street  above  designated  and  to  make  and  construct  the 
necessary  grade  upon  the  portion  of  said  Boydston  street  above 
designated  so  as  to  conform  with  the  grades  of  the  said  rail- 
road company  adjacent  thereto,  and  to  keep  and  maintain  and 
use  and  operate  the  said  switches,  side  tracks  and  other  appur- 
tenances and  to  use  and  operate  the  same  as  a part  of  its  rail- 
road. 


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FLAGMAN— COURT  STREET  AND  WEST  END  AYE. 

(Passed  Jan.  6,  1902.) 

Resolved , by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris,  Illinois, 

that  we  deem  it  necessary  for  public  safety  to  require  the 
Cleveland  Cincinnati,  Chicago  & St.  Louis  Railway  Company 
and  the  Peoria  Division  of  the  Terre  Haute  and  Indianapolis 
Railroad  Company,  jointly  to  place  and  retain  a flagman  at  the 
crossings  at  the  intersection  of  Court  street  and  West  End  aven- 
ue in  said  city  of  Paris,  from  7 o’clock  A.  M.  to  7 o’clock  P.  M. 

FRANCHISE 

Terre  Haute  & Western  Railway  'Company  East  Washing- 
ton Street. 

(Passed  Aug.  5,  1907.  Approved  Aug.  6,  1907.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of 
Paris , Permission  and  authority  is  hereby  granted  and 
given  to  the  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Company,  a 
corporation  organized  and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  state 
of  Illinois,  with  its  principal  office  at  the  city  of  Paris  in  said 
state,  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns  for  the  term 
of  fifty  years  from  and  after  the  7th  day  of  January,  1907,  to 
lay  a single  track  of  railway  line,  with  all  necessary  and  conven- 
ient tracks  for  turnouts,  side  tracks,  and  switches,  and  all  con- 
venient switches  from  said  track  onto  adjacent  property  used 
for  station  purposes  in,  upon  and  along  Washington  street  in 
said  city  of  Paris  from  the  eastern  end  thereof,  that  is,  from  the 


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intersection  of  said  Washington  street  with  Bayard  street  in 
said  city  westward  to  the  intersection  to  the  west  line  of  Main 
street  in  said  city  with  Washington  street,  and  to  keep  and  main- 
tain and  use  and  operate  thereon  during  said  period,  street  rail- 
way cars  and  interurban  railway  cars  in  the  manner  and  upon 
the  conditions  hereinafter  prescribed. 

Section  2.  All  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  of  uniform 
gauge — four  feet,  eight  and  one-half  inches — and  where  single 
track  is  laid  upon  said  streets  herein  authorized  each  rail  of  such 
single  tracks  shall  be  of  equal  distance  from  the  central  line  of 
the  street  upon  which  the  same  is  constructed,  as  near  as  is  prac- 
tical. Where  switches  or  turn  outs  are  constructed  the  inside 
rails  of  each  track  shall  be  laid  as  closely  together  as  practical 
for  the  operation  of  the  'railway,  in  no  case  exceeding  six  feet 
apart,  and  the  said  inside  rail  of  either  track  shall  be  of  equal 
distance  from  the  central  line  of  the  street  upon  which  such 
switches  or  turn  outs  are  constructed,  as  near  as  is  practical 
and  turn  outs  shall  be  no  greater  in  length  than  is  necessary  for 
the  effective  operation  of  the  railway,  not  exceeding  three  hun- 
dred and  fifty  feet.  At  all  places  where  it  is  necessary  to  con- 
struct curves  on  account  of  a change  of  direction  or  for  the  pur- 
pose of  connecting  different  lines,  or  at  power  and  storage 
houses  of  said  company,  or  for  any  purpose  whatever,  such 
curves  shall  be  made  on  a radius  which  will  cause  the  least  in- 
jury to  the  streets  and  public  areas  and  private  property,  consis- 
tent with  the  effective  operation  of  the  road,  provided  that  all 
tracks  as  hereinabove  set  forth  shall  be  laid  under  the  supervis- 
ion of  the  city  engineer. 


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Section  3.  All  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  laid  on  the 
existing  grade  of  all  streets  and  street  intersections  that  are  now 
or  hereafter  may  he  paved  and  on  all  streets  and  street  intersec- 
tions that  are  not  now  paved,  such  tracks  shall  he  laid  on  a 
grade  to  he  fixed  by  the  city  engineer  and  approved  by  the  City 
Council,  which  grade  shall  be  as  near  as  is  practical  to  that 
which  the  streets  and  street  intersections  would  have  when  pav- 
ed. The  top  rail  of  all  tracks  shall  he  laid  even  with  the  top 
surface  of  such  grades  in  such  manner  as  will  admit  of  the  easy 
and  safe  passage  of  vehicles  over,  upon  and  along  such  tracks 
and  in  such  manner  as  will  admit  the  free  flow  of  water  over, 
upon,  and  along,  such  tracks,  and  into  the  latterals,  inlets,  sew- 
ers, culverts,  and  across  gutters  and  admit  of  the  free  flow  of 
water  upon  streets  and  street  intersections.  Standard  wrought 
iron,  tubular  poles,  of  graded  diameter  and  not  less  than  twenty- 
eight  feet  in  length  shall  be  used  from  Monteray  street  to  the 
west  line  of  Miain  street.  xVll  trolley  wires  and  cross  wires 
shall  be  well  and  firmly  constructed  and  shall  be  at  least  18  feet 
in  height  above  the  top  grade  of  all  streets  and  street  intersec- 
tions and  public  areas  upon  which  the  same  are  constructed  and 
maintained.  All  cross  ties  shall  be  laid  so  that  the  same  will  not 
injure  or  interfere  with  the  surface  of  the  streets,  nor  any  pave- 
ment or  improvement  thereon ; where  tracks,  switches,  turnouts, 
and  curves  are  constructed  upon  streets  and  street  intersections 
which  are  not  paved,  said  railway  company  shall  ballast  all 
tracks  with  six  inches  of  gravel  under  the  ties  and  between  the 


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ties,  and  shall  fill  in  between  the  rails  and  for  eighteen  inches 
on  the  outside  thereof  with  crushed  stone,  coarse  gravel  or  such 
other  material  as  to  make  the  surface  conform  to  the  balance  of 
the  street  on  which  such  tracks  are  laid,  said  material  to  be 
thoroughly  packed  by  proper  tamping  and  rolling ; where  tracks, 
switches,  curves,  and  turnouts  are  constructed  upon  public 
streets  and  street  intersections  which  are  now  or  hereafter  may 
be  paved,  said  Railway  Company  shall  lay  such  tracks  upon  a 
bed  of  concrete  six  inches  in  depth  and  for  the  full  width  of 
such  tracks,  so  as  to  provide  a good,  substantial  foundation  for 
such  paving. 

All  tracks  laid  in  paved  streets  and  street  intersections  shall 
be  constructed  of  Shanghai  tee  rails  of  weight  not  less  than 
seventy  pounds  per  lineal  yard  and  all  tracks  laid  in  unpaved 
streets  and  street  intersections  shall  be  constructed  of  standard 
rails  of  weight  not  less  than  seventy  pounds  per  lineal  yard. 

Section  4.  The  said  railway  company  shall  keep  in  good 
order  and  repair  the  streets  between  the  rails  and  eighteen 
inches  on  the  outside  of  each  rail  where  a single  track  is  used 
and  between  rails,  between  tracks  and  for  eighteen  inches  on 
the  outside  rail  of  such  tracks  where  double  tracks  is  used,  so  as 
at  all  times  to  correspond  with  the  street  outside,  and  shall  keep 
all  poles,  cross  arms,  wires,  supports  and  other  appliances  by  it 
used  in  good  order  and  repair,  and  shall  keep  all  poles  and  ap- 
purtenances well  and  properly  painted. 

If  the  grade  of  any  street  or  any  part  thereof  upon  which 
.tracks  are  constructed  shall  be  changed,  said  railway  company 


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shall  at  its  own  expense  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  man- 
ner raise  or  lower  the  grade  of  that  portion  of  the  street  which 
it  maintains  as  hereinabove  set  forth,  together  with  all  tracks 
laid  therein,  so  that  the  same  shall  conform  with  such  change  of 
grade  it  being  the  intention  that  said  company  shall  in  no  case 
be  required  to  make  such  change  at  its  own  expense  and  pay  in 
addition  thereto  a proportion  of  any  special  assessment. 

Should  any  street  over  and  upon  which  tracks  are  construct- 
ed be  paved  or  improved  in  any  manner,  then  said  company  shall 
bear  its  portion  in  the  same  manner  as  the  balance  of  the  ex- 
pense at  the  same  time  the  said  street  is  paved  or  improved,  pro- 
vided that  said  company  shall  not  be  required  to  pay  for  paving- 
or  improving  any  street  prior  to  the  construction  of  such  tracks 
authorized  herein ; or  should  any  streets  over  and  upon  which 
such  tracks  are  laid  be  repaved  or  improved  in  any  manner, 
then  said  company  shall  bear  its  proportionate  share  of  the  ex- 
pense of  such  repaving  or  improvement  at  the  same  time  and  in 
the  same  manner  that  the  remainder  of  said  street  is  repaved  or 
improved. 

If  any  of  the  track  of  said  company  shall  be  laid  on  a street 
already  paved,  said  company  shall  at  its  own  expense  and  cost,, 
replace  such  pavement  in  as  good  condition  as  practical  with 
the  same  or  like  material,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  city  engineer. 

The  said  Railway  Company,  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees 
or  assigns  shall  before  any  pavement  is  torn  up  for  the  purpose  of 
laying  tracks,  pay  to  the  then  owners  of  the  property  so  abutting. 


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on  that  part  or  parts  of  said  streets  where  tracks  are  to  be  laid, 
an  amount  of  money  equal  to  the  cost  of  the  pavement  so  occu- 
pied by  the  tracks  of  said  company  in  proportion  to  what  each 
property  owner  was  assessed  or  had  to  pay,  if  the  said  pavement 
was  laid  by  special  assessment  or  special  taxation  upon  such 
abutting  property.  If  the  pavement  was  paid  for  by  general 
taxation,  then  the  said  money  shall  be  paid  to  the  city,  and  for 
all  pavement  taken  upon  intersecting  streets  the  cost  thereof 
shall  be  paid  to  the  city. 

Section  5.  The  said  railway  company  shall  commence  the 
construction  of  said  street  railway  within  six  months  from  the 
the  date  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  and  shall  complete  the 
same  over  that  part  of  said  street  desired  to  be  used  by  said  rail- 
way company  and  have  cars  regularly  running  thereon,  within 
twelve  months  from  said  date,  unless  prevented  by  order  or  in- 
junction of  court  or  other  cause  beyond  its  control,  or  unless  the 
City  Council  shall  by  ordinance  grant  further  extension  of 
time,  and  on  failure  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion within  the  time  herein  specified,  the  City  Council,  at  its 
option,  may  forfeit  all  rights  and  privileges  herein  granted ; but 
provided  that  if  said  company  is  delayed  in  construction  of  such 
railway  by  injunction,  or  unavoidable  causes  as  aforesaid,  the 
time  of  such  delay  shall  be  given  such  company  over  and  above 
the  time  given  by  this  section  for  the  completion  of  said  line 
of  street  railway. 

Section  6.  The  city  of  Paris  hereby  reserves  the  right  to 
make  any  and  all  public  or  local  improvements  in,  under  and 


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over  streets,  street  intersections  and  public  areas  of  said  city  oc- 
cupied by  tracks,  switches,  turn  outs,  poles,  wires,  adjuncts  and 
appliances  of  the  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Com- 
pany and  said  company,  when  ordered  by  the  City  Council  of 
the  city  of  Paris  or  its  lawfully  constituted  committee  or  au- 
thorized officer,  shall  at  its  own  expense  remove  temporarily, 
when  necessary,  its  tracks,  switches,  turnouts,  poles,  wires,  ad- 
juncts, and  appliances  from  the  streets,  street  intersections  or 
public  areas  for  the  purpose  of  constructing  any  such  local  or 
public  improvements  which  the  said  city  shall  desire  to  make, 
and  when  the  same  shall  be  constructed  the  reconstruction  of  any 
matters  so  required  to  be  removed,  shall  be  done  at  the  expense 
of  said  company,  and  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris,  shall 
be  the  judge  of  the  necessity  and  extent  of  any  such  removal, 
which  judgment  shall  be  exercised  in  a reasonable  manner  how- 
ever, and  no  such  removal  shall  be  ordered  except  in  case  of 
bona  fide  necessity,  and  then  only  to  the  extent  that  the  necessi- 
ties of  the  case  may  reasonably  require. 

Section  7.  Said  railway  company  in  making  improvements 
or  repairs  in  addition  to  keeping  the  pavement  in  repair  be- 
tween its  rails  where  pavement  is  laid  or  exists,  shall  also,  at  all 
times,  repair  all  pavements  (along  which  the  tracks  are  laid) 
outside  the  rails  where  such  pavement  becomes  defective  through 
the  fault  or  negligence  of  said  company  from  any  cause  what- 
soever. 

Section  8.  The  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway 
Company,  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns  shall 


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save  and  keep  harmless  the  city  of  Paris  from  all  charges, 
damages,  costs,  and  expenses  or  less  of  every  name,  nature  or 
character  whatsoever,  on  account  of  the  rights  and  privileges 
granted  by  this  ordinance,  and  on  account  of  constructing  and 
maintaining  tracks,  turnouts,  switches,  and  curves,  the  erection 
of  the  poles,  wires,  braces,  appliance,  adjuncts  and  any  and 
every  matter  erected,  constructed  or  maintained  which  shall 
accrue  to  any  and  all  corporations,  partnerships,  property  own- 
ers or  to  the  city  of  Paris  in  any  event  or  manner  whatsoever 
and  nothing  contained  in  this  ordinance  shall  have  the  effect  to 
release  said  company  from  its  liabilities  on  account  of  its  lawful 
occupation  of  any  street,  street  intersections  or  public  areas, 
nor  from  legal  liability  from  any  account  whatever,  and  the 
rights  and  privileges  herein  granted  shall  be  subject  to  ail  ordi- 
nances, rules  and  regulations  of  a police  nature  which  exists,  or 
shall  hereafter  he  passed,  governing  or  controlling  the  operation 
of  street  and  interurban  railroads,  or  the  constructing  and  main- 
taining of  tracks,  switches,  turnouts,  curves,  poles,  braces,  cross 
arms,  supports,  wires,  fixtures,  and  adjuncts. 

Section  9.  The  cars  to  be  used  by  said  railway  company 
shall  be  operated  with  electrical  power,  compressed  air,  gaso- 
line or  such  other  improved  power  as  the  City  Council  of  the 
city  of  Paris  may  approve,  provided,  that  steam  power  shall 
never  be  used,  and  provided  further,  that  animal  power  may  be 
used  in  case  of  accident,  repairs,  or  change  of  equipment ; and 
provided  further,  that  hand  cars  or  other  service  cars  of  the 


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company,  may  be  operated  by  any  power  except  steam  power ; it 
is  further  provided  that  when  the  cars  are  operated  by  electri- 
cal power,  said  railway  company  may  use  a trolley  system  with 
either  single  or  double  trolley  wire. 

No  car  shall  be  operated  or  run  or  suffered  to  be  in  motion 
unless  the  same  is  in  charge  of  a competent  person,  and  the  per- 
son or  persons  in  charge  of  any  such  car  shall  use  all  reasonable 
and  proper  care  and  caution  in  the  operation  of  such  car  for 
the  safety  of  passengers  and  shall  not  leave  his  brake  or  stand,  ex- 
cept in  cases  of  emergency,  when  his  car  is  moving  at  a higher 
rate  of  speed  than  three  miles  an  hour  or  approaching  a steam 
railway  crossing. 

The  said  company  cause  all  regular  passenger,  freight,  and 
express  cars,  that  shall  operate  or  run  upon  any  track  or  tracks, 
it  is  authorized  to  construct  or  maintain,  to  be  numbered  and  all 
such  cars  shall  before  they  are  operated  or  run  have  painted  or 
placed  upon  them  in  a conspicuous  place  such  number. 

Section  10.  The  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway 
Company  in  operating  its  cars,  carriages  or  vehicles,  for  the  car- 
riage of  passengers,  mail,  and  express,  may  require  such  pas- 
sengers to  pay  fare  of  not  exceeding  five  cents  (5)  for  one  con- 
tinuous passage  in  the  same  general  direction  from  any  regular 
stop  where  such  passenger  may  enter  such  car,  carriage,  or 
vehicle  to  any  regular  stop  wdiere  said  passenger  may  desire  to 
go  on  the  lines  of  said  company  within  the  city  limits.  Said 
company  shall  operate  and  run  cars,  carriages,  or  vehicles  for 


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the  carriage  of  passengers  over  and  upon  all  lines  constructed 
or  maintained,  at  sucli  reasonable  time  for  the  use  of  the  pub- 
lic as  is  consistent  with  its  operation  for  the  purpose  of  its  or- 
ganization. 

Section  11.  It  is  expressively  provided  that  in  no  event 
rsliall  such  freight  as  live  stock,  coal,  stone,  or  other  objection- 
able freight  in  hulk,  that  is  not  carried  in  nicely  painted,  en- 
closed and  unobjectionable  cars,  be  carried  over  said  tracks  in 
said  city  except  between  the  hours  of  eleven  (11)  o’clock  p.  m. 
and  five  oclock  a.  m.  and  that  poultry,  small  live  stock  and  such 
-other  freight  as  may  be  regularly  carried  by  said  company,  its 
successors,  lessees,  grantees  and  assigns,  between  the  hours 
of  five  (5)  o’clock  a.  m.  and  eleven  (11)  o’clock  p.  m.  shall 
be  transported  in  either  the  regular  passenger  cars  or  such  in- 
ter urban  railway  cars  as  resemble  passenger  cars  in  appearance 
as  nearly  as  practicable,  or  as  may  be  used  in  other  cities  and 
towns  on  the  lines  of  interurban  railroads  connecting  with  the 
lines  of  said  company  and  operated  in  connection  therewith,  as 
above  provided.  No  such  cars  shall  be  run  in  trains  of  more 
than  one  motor  car  and  one  trailor,  and  such  cars  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  such  regulations  of  a police  nature  as  may  be  hereafter 
made  by  the  City  Council  of  the  said  city  of  Paris  by  ordi- 
nance. 

It  is  further  expressly  provided  that  no<  car  or  cars  carrying 
freight  or  express  matter,  other  than  regular  passenger  cars, 
-shall  be  run  into  and  through  said  city  on  any  Sunday  between 


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the  hours  of  six  (6)  o’clock  a.  m.  and  twelve  (12)  o’clock  mid- 
night, except  in  cases  of  emergency  and  upon  consent  of  the 
mayor  of  said  city,  to  be  granted  upon  application  therefor. 

Section  12.  Said  company  shall  not  suffer  or  permit  any 

car  to  stand  upon  the  track  or  tracks  when  not  in  use  at  any 
point  throughout  the  entire  route  of  all  tracks  of  said  company 
within  the  city  limits,  nor  at  any  terminal  point  longer  than 
fifteen  (15)  minutes,  except  in  case  of  accident,  and  no  car 
shall  be  stopped  on  any  sidewalk  crossing  in  such  manner  as 
will  impede  or  obstruct  travel  thereon,  except  to  receive  and 
discharge  passengers  at  the  intersecting  crossings;  and  other- 
wise all  cars  shall  pass  over  all  street  intersections  or  crossings 
before  the  same  are  stopped.  All  cars,  when  in  use,  shall  be 
kept  well  and  properly  heated  in  cold  weather  and  well  and 
properly  lighted  at  night.  Banners,  flags  and  other  matters, 
calculated  to  freighten  animals  shall  not  be  attached  to  or  dis- 
played upon  such  cars,  provided,  however,  said  company  shall 
have  the  right  to  carry  the  usual  small  flags  attached  to  its 
cars  in  the  usual  manner  for  signal  purposes. 

There  shall  be  placed  upon  all  cars,  gongs  or  alarms,  of  prop- 
er and  sufficient  size  to  warn  the  people  of  the  approach  of  said 
cars  for  a distance  of  at  least  one  hundred  (100)  feet  and  such 
gongs,  or  alarms  shall  be  sounded  at  least  thirty  (30)  feet  be- 
fore said  cars  approach  said  intersections,  sidewalks,  and  cross- 
ings and  all  other  places  where  it  shall  be  necessary  or  prudent 
to  cause  such  alarms  to  be  given.  All  cars  shall  be  provided  with 


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fenders  or  pilots  of  an  approved  type.  Said  company’s  cars 
shall  not  pass  through,  nor  unnecessarily  hinder,  delay,  or  in 
any  manner  interfere  with  funeral  processions  nor  the  city  lire 
department,  and  such  cars  shall  be  so  operated  as  will  not  un- 
necessarily interfere  with  the  general  uses  of  the  streets  and 
public  areas,  nor  any  lawful  procession  moving  thereon. 

Section  13.  The  cars  of  said  company  shall  be  entitled  to 
the  tracks  and  in  all  cases  where  a team  or  vehicle  shall  meet  or 
be  overtaken  by  a car  upon  any  of  the  street  railways  of  said 
city,  such  teams  or  vehicles  approached  shall  give  way  to  said 
car,  nor  shall  any  one  wilfully  or  maliciously  obstruct,  hinder 
or  interfere  with  any  of  said  railway  cars  by  placing,  driving 
or  stopping  in,  upon,  across,  along  or  near  the  tracks  of  said 
railway  or  any  of  them  in  said  city,  after  being  notified  by  the 
conductor  or  motorman  by  ringing  of  the  car  bells  or  otherwise, 
to  give  way  to  the  said  cars  and  whoever  shall  wilfully  violate 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  of  this  ordinance  shall,  up- 
on conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  three 
(3)  dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  ($50.00)  dollars. 

Section  14.  The  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway 
Company,  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns,  shall 
permit  and  allow  any  other  street  railway  or  interurban  rail- 
way company  that  shall  use,  at  all  times,  the  same  motive  pow- 
er, as  the  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Company, 
its  successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns,  to  use  and  op- 
erate its  cars  over  the  above  described  line  of  railway,  upon 


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such  reasonable  terms  as  shall  be  mutually  agreed  upon  be- 
tween the  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Company,  its 
successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns,  and  such  other  company 
or  companies  as  may  desire  to  operate  its  or  their  cars  over  the 
line  above  described,  provided  however,  that  such  other  com- 
pany or  companies  that  may  desire  to  use  the  aforesaid  line 
of  railway  shall  use  the  same  for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  when 
such  use  will  not  interfere  with  the  proper  operation  of  the 
said  line  of  railway  by  the  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Rail- 
way Company  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns,  and 
when  such  use  will  not  interfere  with  any  of  the  schedules  of 
the  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Company,  its  suc- 
cessors, lessees,  grantees  and  assigns,  and  provided  further,  that 
said  company  or  companies  so  desiring  to  use  the  aforesaid 
line  of  railroad  shall  he  liable  for  any  and  all  damages  that  may 
result  to  the  said  city  of  Paris  or  to  any  other  person,  by  reason 
of  its  or  their  use  of  said  line  of  railway  for  any  damages  of 
any  kind  whatever  that  may  result ; and  provided  further,  that 
the  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Company,  its  suc- 
cessors, lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns  shall  not,  in  any  way,  be 
liable  for  any  damage  caused  by  such  company’s  or  companies’ 
use  of  said  line  or  any  damage  or  penalty  caused  by  the  mis- 
conduct or  negligence  of  the  servants  of  such  company  or  com- 
panies that  may  use  said  line ; and  provided  further,  that  such 
company  or  companies  that  may  desire  to  use  said  line,  shall 
only  use  said  line  of  railroad  in  a manner  similar  to  the  use 


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made  of  the  same  by  the  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Rail- 
way company,  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns 
shall  agree  upon  with  such  other  company  or  companies. 

Section  15.  A violation  of  any  requirement  or  provision  of 
this  ordinance  by  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Com- 
pany, of  any  of  its  officers,  managers,  agents,  employes,  or  ser- 
vants or  any  person  or  persons  under  the  order  or  direction  of 
said  company  shall  subject  the  offender  to  a penalty  of  not  less 
than  three  ($3.00)  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100) 
dollars  for  each  and  every  offense  or  violation,  and  in  like  pen- 
alty for  each  and  every  twenty-four  (24)  hours  each  violation 
shall  be  persisted  in. 

Section  16.  The  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Com- 
pany shall  within  ninety  days  after  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nance file  a written  acceptance  of  the  same  with  the  city  clerk 
of  the  city  of  Paris. 

Section  17.  It  is  further  ordained  that  before  the  said 
Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Company  shall  occupy  any 
street,  lay  any  track  or  construct  any  work  within  the  city  lim- 
its of  the  city  of  Paris,  the  said  company,  its  successors,  or  as- 
signs shall  enter  into  a bond  of  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dol- 
lars with  good  and  sufficient  sureties  or  with  some  responsible 
surety  company  as  surety,  to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council 
of  said  city,  conditioned  that  said  company,  its  legal  represen- 
tatives or  assigns,  shall  restore  the  streets  and  alleys,  in  which 
its  said  tracks,  poles,  wires  and  all  other  appliances  are  locat- 


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ed,  to  the  same  condition  as  nearly  as  practicable,  as  the  same 
were  before  being  used  or  disturbed  by  said  company ; that  it 
will  save  and  keep  harmless  the  city  of  Paris  from  all  damages 
or  claims  for  damages  occasioned  by  failure  to  use  proper  care 
in  the  use,  management  and  control  of  its  said  lines  of  railway 
and  appliances  thereto  pertaining  in  said  streets  or  any  of  them  ; 
that  it  will  save  and  keep  harmless  the  said  city  of  Paris,  from 
all  damages  or  claims  for  damages  arising  from  any  negli- 
gence, unskillful  or  improper  construction,  maintenance  or  op- 
eration of  any  machinery,  wires,  poles,  street  railway  lines  or 
other  appliances  owned,  used  or  controlled  by  it,  whereby  any 
person  or  corporation  is  injured,  and  that  it  shall  and  will  con- 
form to  all  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the  franchise  or  fran- 
chises granted  by  the  city  of  Paris,  under  which  it  op- 
erates and  all  other  ordinances  of  said  city,  not  inconsistent 
with  the  rights  specifically  granted  by  this  ordinance. 

Said  bond  shall  extend  for  the  full  period  of  this  franchise, 
and  said  city  by  its  Council  reserves  the  right,  at  any  time, 
whenever  by  reason  of  death  or  insolvency  of  the  sureties  on 
said  bond,  or  for  other  causes,  said  first  bond  may  not  reason- 
ably secure  and  protect  said  city,  to  require  new  or  additional 
bond  and  security  conditioned  as  aforesaid. 

Section  18.  The  said  company  shall  provide  a suitable  and 
convenient  building  or  waiting  room  for  the  accommodation  of 
persons  waiting  for  its  trains  or  cars,  which  said  building  or 
waiting  room  shall  be  properly  heated  in  cold  weather  and  prop- 


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erly  lighted  at  night,  and  shall  also  provide  one  or  more  freight 
depots,  where  freight  or  express  matter  transported  or  to  be 
transported  by  the  said  company  shall  be  received  and  deliver- 
ed and  such  accommodations  shall  be  provided  within  six  months 
after  the  operation  of  the  cars  of  said  company  within  said  city 
of  Paris  shall  have  been  begun. 

Section  19.  The  said  company  shall  not  suffer  or  permit 
closets  in  and  upon  its  cars  to  remain  open  or  to  be  used  while 
in  the  city  limits  of  the  said  city  of  Paris.  All  regular  pas- 
senger cars  used  by  said  company  shall  be  required  to  stop  for 
the  purpose  of  taking  on  and  letting  off  passengers  at  such 
points  in  said  city  of  Paris,  as  the  City  Council  of  the  said  city 
and  said  company  may  agree  upon,  such  stops  not  to  exceed  two 
in  number  and  not  to  be  on  excessive  grades.  Provided  how- 
ever, the  foregoing  provision  shall  not  apply  to  special  or  limit- 
ed cars,  which  shall  only  be  required  to  stop  at  the  company’s 
terminal  passenger  station  in  said  city. 


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Paris  Traction  Company  Franchise  Fifty  Years. 

(Passed  August  1,  1910.) 

Sectiox  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , Whereas  a petition  has  been  filed  with  the  City 
Council  of  the  city  of  Paris,  Illinois,  signed  by  the  owners  of 
land,  representing  more  than  onedialf  of  the  frontage  of  each 


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mile  of  the  fraction  of  a mile  in  excess  of  the  whole  miles,  up- 
on a certain  street,  to-wit:  Main  street,  as  herein  designated, 
located  in  said  city  of  Paris,  Illinois. 

Now,  therefore,  in  pursuance  of  said  petition,  permission 
and  authority  is  hereby  granted  and  given  to  the  Paris  Traction 
Company,  a corporation,  organized  and  existing  under  the  laws 
of  the  state  of  Illinois,  with  its  principal  office  at  the  city  of 
Paris  in  said  state,  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees  and 
assigns,  for  the  term  of  fifty  (50)  years,  from  and  after  the 
first  day  of  August,  1910,  to  lay  a single  or  double  track  of 
railway  line,  with  all  the  necessary  and  convenient  side  tracks 
for  turnouts,  and  switches,  in,  along  and  upon  Main  street  in 
said  city  of  Paris,  from  the  intersection  of  the  south  end  of 
Main  street  with  the  south  corporate  line  of  said  city  of  Paris, 
northward  to  the  point  where  said  Main  street  intersects  the 
north  line  of  the  corporate  limits  of  the  said  city  of  Paris,  Illi- 
nois, and  to  keep  and  maintain  and  use  and  operate  thereon, 
during  said  period,  street  railway  cars  and  interurban  cars,  in 
the  manner  and  upon  the  conditions  hereinafter  prescribed. 

Section  2.  All  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  of  uniform 
guage,  four  feet,  eight  and  one-half  inches,  and  where  single 
track  is  laid  upon  said  streets  herein  authorized,  each  rail  of 
such  single  track  shall  be  of  equal  distance  from  the  central 
line  of  the  street  upon  which  the  same  is  constructed,  as  near 
as  is  practical.  Where  switches  or  turnouts  are  constructed, 
the  inside  rails  of  each  track  shall  be  laid  as  closely  together 


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as  practical  for  the  operation  of  the  railway,  in  no  case  ex- 
ceeding six  feet  apart,  and  the  said  inside  rail  of  either  track 
shall  be  of  equal  distance  from  the  central  line  of  the  street 
upon  which  such  switches,  or  turnouts,  are  constructed,  as 
near  as  is  practical,  and  turnouts  shall  be  no  greater  in  length 
than  is  necessary  for  the  effective  operation  of  the  railway,  not 
exceeding  three  hundred  and  fifty  feet.  At  all  places  where  it 
is  necessary  to  construct  curves  on  account  of  a change  of  direc- 
tion or  for  the  purpose  of  connecting  different  lines,  or  at  pow- 
er and  storage  houses  of  said  company,  or  for  any  purpose 
whatever,  such  curves  shall  be  made  on  a radius  which  will 
cause  the  least  injury  to  the  streets  and  public  areas  and  pri- 
vate property,  consistent  with  the  effective  operation  of  the 
road,  provided  that  all  tracks  as  herein  above  set  forth  shall  be 
laid  under  the  supervision  of  the  city  engineer. 

Section  3.  All  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  laid  on  the 
existing  grade  of  said  streets  and  street  intersections  that  or 
now  or  hereafter  may  be  paved,  and  on  said  street  and  street  inter- 
sections that  are  not  now  paved,  such  tracks  shall  be  laid  on  a 
grade  to  be  fixed  by  the  city  engineer  and  approved  by  the  City 
Council,  which  grade  shall  be  as  near  as  is  practical  to  that 
which  the  said  street  and  street  intersections  would  have  when 
paved. 

The  top  rail  of  all  tracks  shall  be  laid  even  with  the  top  sur- 
face of  such  grades,  in  such  manner  as  will  admit  of  the  easy 
and  safe  passage  of  vehicles  over,  upon  and  along  said  tracks ; 


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and  in  such  manner  as  will  admit  of  free  flow7  of  water  over, 
upon  and  along  such  tracks,  and  into  the  latterals,,  inlets,  sew- 
ers, culverts  and  across  gutters,  and  admit  of  the  free  flow  of 
water  upon  all  of  said  Main  street  and  all  street  intersections. 

Standard  wrought,  iron,  tubular  poles,  of  graded  diameter, 
and  not  less  than  twenty-two  feet  in  length  shall  be  used  from 
Madison  street  along  said  Main  street  to  Union  street. 

All  trolley  wires  and  cross  wires  shall  be  well  and  firmly 
constructed  and  shall  be  at  least  sixteen  feet  in  height'  above  the 
top  grade  of  said  Main  street  and  all  street  intersections  and 
public  areas  upon  which  the  same  are  constructed  and  main- 
tained. 

All  cross  ties  shall  be  so  laid  that  the  same  will  not  injure 
or  interfere  with  the  surface  of  said  Main  street  or  any  street 
intersections  thereon,  or  any  pavement  or  improvement  there- 
on. Where  tracks,  switches,  turnouts,  and  curves  are  con- 
structed upon  said  street  and  street  intersections  which  are  not 
paved,  said  railway  company  shall  bellast  all  tracks  with  six 
inchs  of  gravel,  under  and  between  the  ties,  and  shall  fill  in  be- 
tween the  rails,  and  for  a space  of  eighteen  inches  on  the  out- 
side thereof,  with  crushed  stone,  coarse  gravel  or  such  other 
material  as  to  make  the  surface  conform  to  the  balance  of  the 
street  upon  which  said  tracks  are  laid,  said  material  to  be 
thoroughly  packed  by  proper  tamping  and  rolling. 

Where  tracks,  switches,  curves,  and  turn-outs  are  construct- 
ed upon  said  street  and  street  intersections  which  are  now  or 


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hereafter  may  be  paved,  said  railway  company  shall  lay  such 
tracks  upon  a bed  of  concrete  six  inches  in  depth,  and  for  the 
full  width  of  said  tracks,  so  as  to  provide  a good,  substantial 
foundation  for  such  paving. 

All  tracks  laid  upon  any  pavement  upon  said  Main  street, 
and  upon  any  paved  street;  intersections  shall  be  constructed 
of  Shanghai  “T”  rails  of  weight  not  less  than  sixty  pounds  per 
lineal  yard,  and  all  tracks  laid  in  any  unpaved  portion  of  said 
Main  street  and  in  and  upon  any  unpaved  street  intersections 
shall  be  constructed  of  standard  rails  of  weight  not  less  than 
sixty  pounds  per  lineal  yard. 

Sectiox  4.  The  said  railway  company  shall  keep  in  good 
order  and  repair  the  streets  between  the  rails  and  eighteen 
inches  on  the  outside  of  each  rail  where  a single  track  is  used, 
and  between  rails,  between  tracks,  and  for  18  inches  on  the 
outside  of  the  outside  of  such  tracks  where  double  track  is  used 
so  as  at  all  times  to  correspond  with  the  street  outside,  and 
shall  keep  all  tracks,  rails,  sidewalks,  and  crossings  within 
said  tracks  in  good  repair,  and  shall  keep  all  poles,  cross 
arms,  wires,  supports  and  other  appliances  by  it  used  in  good 
order  and  repair,  and  shall  keep  all  poles  and  appurtenances 
well  and  properly  painted.  If  the  grade  of  any  street  or  any 
part  thereof  upon  which  tracks  are  constructed  shall  be  changed 
said  railway  company  shall  at  its  own  expense  at  the  same 
time  and  in  the  same  manner  raise  or  lower  the  grade  of  that 
portion  of  the  street  which  it  maintains  as  hereinbefore  set 


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forth  together  with  all  tracks  laid  therein,  so  that  the  same- 
shall  conform  with  such  change  of  grade,  it  being  the  intention* 
that  said  company  shall  in  no  case  be  required  to  make  such- 
change  at  its  own  expense  and  pay  in  addition  thereto  a propor- 
tion of  any  special  assessment. 

Should  any  street  over  and  upon  which  tracks  are  construct- 
ed be  paved  or  improved  in  any  manner,  then  said  company 
shall  bear  its  portion  in  the  same  manner  as  the  balance  of  the- 
expense  at  the  same  time  the  said  street  is  paved  or  improved,., 
provided  that  said  company  shall  not  be  required  to  pay 
for  paving  or  improving  any  street  prior  to  the  construction 
of  such  tracks  authorized  herein ; or  should  any  streets  over  and 
upon  which  such  tracks  are  laid  be  repaved  or  improved  in  any 
manner,  then  said  company  shall  bear  its  proportionate  share- 
of  the  expense  of  such  repaving  or  improvement,  at  the  same 
time  and  in  the  same  manner  that  the  remainder  of  said  street 
is  repaved  or  improved. 

If  any  of  the  tracks  of  said  railway  company  shall  be  laid 
on  a street  already  paved,  said  company  shall,  at  its  own  ex- 
pense and  cost,  replace  such  pavement  in  as  good  condition  as 
practical,  with  the  same  or  like  material,  to  the  satisfaction 
of  the  city  engineer. 

The  said  railway  company,  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees 
or  assigns,  shall,  before  any  pavement  is  torn  up  for  the  pur- 
pose of  laying  tracks,  pay  to  the  then  owners  of  the  property  so 
abutting  on  that  part  or  parts  of  said  streets  where  tracks  are- 


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to  be  laid,  an  amount  of  money  equal  to  the  cost  of  the  pave- 
ment so  occupied  by  the  tracks  of  said  company  in  proportion 
to  what  each  property  owner  was  assessed  or  had  to  pay,  if 
the  said  pavement  was  laid  by  special  assessment  or  special 
taxation  upon  such  abutting  property.  If  the  pavement  was 
paid  for  by  general  taxation,  then  the  said  money  shall  be  paid 
to  the  city,  and  for  all  pavement  taken  upon  intersecting 
streets  the  cost  thereof  shall  be  paid  to  the  city. 

Section  5.  The  said  Traction  Company  shall  operate  cars 
regularly  running  thereon  over  said  line  of  railway  upon  the 
aforesaid  Main  street,  within  eighteen  months  from  and  after 
the  said  date  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance. 

Section  6.  The  city  of  Paris  hereby  reserves  the  right  to 
make  any  and  all  public  or  local  improvements  in,  under  and 
over  streets,  street  intersections  and  public  areas  of  said  city  oc- 
cupied'by  tracks,  switches,  turn-outs,  poles,  wires,  adjuncts  and 
appliances  of  the  said  Paris  Traction  Company,  and  said  com- 
pany, when  ordered  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris, 
or  its  lawfully  constituted  committee  or  authorized  officer  shall 
at  its  own  expense  remove  temporarily  when  necessary  its  tracks, 
switches,  turn-outs,  poles,  wires,  adjuncts,  and  appliance  from 
the  streets,  street  intersections  or  public  areas  for  the  purpose  of 
constructing  any  such  local  or  public  improvements  which  the 
said  city  shall  desire  to  make,  and  when  the  same  shall  be  con- 
structed, the  reconstruction  of  any  matter  so  required  to  be  moved, 
shall  be  done  at  the  expense  of  said  company,  and  the  City 


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Council  of  the  city  of  Paris,  shall  be  the  judge  of  the  neces- 
sity and  extent  of  any  such  removal,  which  judgment  shall  be 
exercised  in  a reasonable  manner,  however,  and  no -such  re- 
moval shall  be  ordered  except  in  case  of  bona  fide  necessity 
and  then  only  to  the  extent  that  the  necessities  of  the  case  may 
reasonably  require. 

Section  7.  Said  railway  company  in  making  improve- 
ments or  repairs  in  addition  to  keeping  the  pavement  in  re- 
pair between  its  rails,  where  pavement  is  laid  or  exists,  shall 
also,  at  all  times,  repair  all  pavements  (along  which  the  tracks 
are  laid)  outside  the  rails  where  such  pavement  becomes  defec- 
tive through  the  fault  or  negligence  of  said  company  from  any 
cause  whatsoever. 

Section  8.  The  Paris  Traction  Company,  its  successors, 
lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns,  shall  save  and  keep  harmless 
the  city  of  Paris  from  all  charges,  damages,  costs  and  ex- 
penses or  loss  of  every  name,  nature  or  character,  whatsoever, 
on  account  of  the  rights  and  privileges  granted  by  this  ordi- 
nance, and  on  account  of  constructing  and  maintaining  tracks, 
turnouts,  switches  and  curves,  the  erection  of  poles,  wires, 
braces,  appliances,  adjuncts,  in  any  and  every  manner  erected, 
constructed  or  maintained,  which  shall  accrue  to  any  and  all 
persons,  corporations,  partnerships,  property  owners  or  to  the 
city  of  Paris,  in  any  event  or  manner  whatsoever,  and  nothing 
contained  in  this  ordinance  shall  have  the  effect  to  release  said 
company  from  its  liabilities  on  account  of  its  lawful  occupa- 


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tion  of  any  street,  street  intersection  or  public  areas,  nor  from 
any  legal  liability  from  any  account  whatever,  and  the  rights 
and  privileges  herein  granted  shall  be  subject  to  all  of  the 
ordinances,  rules  and  regulations  of  a police  nature,  which 
exists,  or  shall  hereafter  be  passed  governing  or  controlling  op- 
eration of  street  or  interurban  railroads,  or  for  constructing  or 
maintaining  of  tracks,  switches,  turn-outs,  curves,  poles,  braces, 
cross  arms,  supports,  wrires,  fixtures  and  adjuncts. 

Section  9.  The  cars  to  be  used  by  said  railway  company 
shall  be  operated  by  electric  power,  compressed  air,  gasoline, 
or  such  other  improved  power  as  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris  may  approve,  provided,  that  steam  power  shall  never 
be  used ; and  provided,  further,  that  animal  power  may  be 
used  in  case  of  accident,  repairs  or  change  of  equipment : and 
provided  further,  that  hand  cars  or  other  service  cars  of  the 
company  may  be  operated  by  any  power  except  steam  power. 
It  is  further  provided  that  when  the  cars  are  operated  by 
electrical  power,  said  railway  company  may  use  a trolley  sys- 
tem with  either  single  or  double  trolley  wire. 

No  car  shall  be  operated  or  run  or  suffered  to  be  in  motion 
unless  the  same  is  in  charge  of  a competent  person,  and  the 
person  or  persons  in  charge  of  any  such  car  shall  use  all  reason- 
able and  proper  care  and  caution  in  the  operation  of  such  car 
for  the  safety  of  passengers  and  shall  not  leave  his  brake  or 
stand  except  in  cases  of  emergency,  when  his  car  is  moving  at 
a higher  rate  of  speed  than  three  miles  an  hour,  or  approaching 


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the  steam  railway  crossing.  The  said  company  shall  cause  all 
regular  passenger,  freight,  and  express  cars,  that  shall  operate 
or  run  upon  any  track  or  tracks  it  is  authorized  to  construct  or 
maintain,  to  be  numbered,  and  all  such  cars  shall,  before  they 
are  operated  or  run,  have  painted  or  placed  upon  them  in  con- 
spicuous place  such  number. 

Section  10.  The  said  Paris  Traction  Company  in  operat- 
ing its  cars,  carriages,  or  vehicles  for  the  carriage  of  passengers, 
mail  and  express,  may  require  such  passenger  to  pay  a fare 
of  not  exceeding  five  cents  (5)  for  one  continuous  passage  in 
the  same  general  direction  from  any  regular  stop  where  such 
passenger  may  enter  such  car,  carriage  or  vehicle  to  any  regular 
stop  where  said  passenger  may  desire  to  go  on  the  lines  of  said 
company  within  the  city  limits,  said  company  shall  operate  and 
run  cars,  carriages,  or  vehicles  for  the  carriage  of  passengers 
over  and  upon  all  lines  constructed  or  maintained,  at  such  reas- 
onable time  for  the  use  of  the  public  as  is  consistent  with 
its  operation  for  the  purpose  of  its  organization. 

Section  11.  It  is  expressly  provided  that  in  no  event 
shall  such  freight  as  live  stock,  coal,  stone,  or  other  objection- 
able freight  in  bulk,  that  is  not  carried  in  nicely  painted,  en- 
closed and  unobjectionable  cars,  be  carried  over  said  tracks  in 
said  city,  except  between  the  hours  of  eleven  P.  M.  and  five 
o’clock  A.  M.,  and  that  poultry,  small  live  stock,  and  such  other 
freight  as  may  be  regularly  carried  by  said  company,  its  suc- 
cessors, lessees,  or  assigns,  between  the  hours  of  five  o’clock  a. 


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m.  and  eleven  o’clock  p.  m.  shall  be  transported  in  either  the 
regular  passenger  cars  or  such  interurban  railway  cars  as  re- 
semble passenger  cars  in  appearance  as  nearly  as  practicable, 
or  as  may  he  used  in  other  cities  and  towns  on  the  lines  of  in- 
terurban railroad  connecting  with  the  lines  of  said  company, 
and  operating  in  connection  therewith,  as  above  provided.  No 
such  cars  shall  he  run  in  trains  of  more  than  one  motor  car  and 
one  trailer,  and  such  cars  shall  be  subject  to  such  regulations 
of  a police  nature  as  may  be  hereafter  made  by  the  City  Council 
of  the  said  city  of  Paris,  by  ordinance. 

It  is  further  expressly  provided  that  no  car  or  cars  carry- 
ing freight  or  express  matter,  other  than  regular  passenger 
oars  shall  be  run  into  and  through  said  city  on  any  Sunday  be- 
tween the  hours  of  six  o’clock  a.  m.  and  twelve  o’clock  mid- 
night, except  in  cases  of  emergency  and  upon  consent  of  the 
mayor  of  said  city  to  be  granted  upon  application  therefor. 

Section  12.  Said  company  shall  not  suffer  or  permit  any 
oar  to  stand  upon  its  track  or  tracks  when  not  in  use  at  any 
point  throughout  the  entire  route  of  all  tracks  of  said  company 
^within  the  city  limits,  nor  at  any  terminal  point  longer  than  fif- 
teen minutes,  except  in  case  of  accident,  and  no  car  shall  be 
stopped  on  any  sidewalk  crossing  in  such  manner  as  will  im- 
pede or  obstruct  travel  thereon,  except  to  receive  and  discharge 
passengers  at  the  intersecting  crossings ; and  otherwise  all  cars 
shall  pass  over  all  street  intersections  or  crossings  before  the 
same  are  stopped.  All  cars,  when  in  use,  shall  be  kept  well  and 


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properly  heated  in  cold  weather  and  well  and  properly  lighted 
at  night.  Banners,  flags,  and  other  matters,  calculated  to 
frighten  animals  shall  not  he  attached  to  or  displayed  upon  such 
cars,  provided,  however,  said  company  shall  have  the  right  to 
carry  the  usual  small  flags  attached  to  its  cars  in  the  usual  man- 
ner for  signal  purposes.  There  shall  be  placed  upon  all  cars, 
gongs,  or  alarms  of  proper  and  sufficient  size  to  warn  people  of 
the  approach  of  said  ears  for  a distance  of  at  least  one  hundred 
feet,  and  such  'gongs  or  alarms,  shall  be  sounded  at  least  thirty 
feet  before  said  cars  approach  said  intersections,  sidewalks  and 
crossings  and  all  other  places  where  it  shall  be  necessary  or  pru- 
dent to  cause  such  alarms  to  be  given. 

All  cars  shall  be  provided  with  fenders  or  pilots  of  an  ap- 
proved type.  Said  company’s  cars  shall  not  pass  through  or 
unnecessarily  hinder,  delay  or  in  any  manner  interfere  with 
funeral  processions,  nor  the  city  fire  department,  and  such  cars 
shall  be  so  operated  as  will  not  unnecessarily  interfere  with  the 
general  uses  of  the  streets  and  public  areas,  nor  any  lawful 
procession  moving  thereon. 

Section  13.  The  cars  of  said  company  shall  be  entitled  to 
the  tracks  and  in  all  cases,  where  a team  or  vehicle  shall  meet 
or  be  overtaken  by  a car  upon  any  of  the  street  railways  of  said 
city  such  teams  or  vehicles  approached  shall  give  way  to  said 
car,  nor  shall  any  one  wilfully  or  maliciously  obstruct,  hinder 
or  interfere  with  any  of  said  railway  cars  by  placing,  driving 
or  stopping  in,  upon,  across,  along  or  near  the  tracks  of  said 


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railway  or  any  of  them  in  said  city,  after  being  notified  by  the 
conductor  or  motorman  by  ringing  of  the  car  bells  or  other- 
wise, to  give  way  to  the  said  car,  and  whoever  shall  wilfully 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  of  this  ordinance, 
shall  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less 
than  three  dollars  ($3.00)  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  ($50.00). 

Section  14.  The  said  Paris  Traction  Company,  its  suc- 
cessors, lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns,  shall  permit  and  allow 
any  other  street  railway  or  interurban  railway  company  that 
shall  use,  at  all  times,  the  same  motive  power,  as  the  said  Paris 
Traction  Company,  its  successors,  leessees,  grantees,  and  as- 
signs, to  use  and  operate  its  cars  over  the  above  described  line 
of  railway,  upon  such  reasonable  terms  as  shall  be  mutually 
agreed  upon  between  the  said  Paris  Traction  Company,  its  suc- 
cessors, lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns,  and  such  other  company 
or  companies  as  may  desire  to  operate  its  or  their  cars  over  the 
line  above  described;  provided,  however,  that  such  other  com- 
pany or  companies  that  may  desire  to  use  the  aforesaid  line 
of  railway  shall  use  the  same  for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  when 
such  use  will  not  interfere  with  the  proper  operation  of  the  said 
line  of  railway  by  the  said  Paris  Tfaction  Company,  its  suc- 
cessors, lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns,  and  when  such 
use  will  not  interfere  with  any  of  the  schedules  of  the  said  Par- 
is Traction  Company,  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  as- 
signs; and  provided  further,  that  said  company  or  companies 
so  desiring  to  use  the  aforesaid  line  of  railroad  shall  be  liable 


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for  any  and  all  damages  that  may  result  to  the  said  city  of  Paris 
or  to  any  other  person,  by  reason  of  its  or  their  use  of  said  line 
of  railway  for  any  damages  of  any  kind  whatsoever  that  may 
result;  and  provided  further,  that  the  said  Paris  Traction 
Company,  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  as- 
signs, shall  not  in  any  way  be  liable  for  any  damage  caused  by 
such  company’s  or  companies’  use  of  said  line,  or  any  damage  of 
penalty  caused  by  the  misconduct  or  negligence  of  the  servants 
of  such  company  or  companies,  that  may  use  said  line;  and 
provided  further,  that  such  company  or  companies  that  may  de- 
sire to  use  said  line,  shall  only  use  said  line  of  railroad  in  a 
manner  similar  to  the  use  made  of  the  same  by  the  said  Paris 
Traction  Company,  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  as- 
signs or  in  such  manner  as  the  Paris  Traction  Company,  its 
successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns,  shall  agree  upon  with 
such  other  company  or  companies. 

Section  15.  A violation  of  any  requirement  or  provision 
of  this  ordinance  by  said  Paris  Traction  Company  or  any  of  its 
officers,  managers,  agents,  employes,  or  servants,  or  any  person 
or  persons  under  the  order  or  direction  of  said  company,  shall 
subject  the  offender  to  a penalty  of  not  less  than  three  dollars 
($3.00)  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00)  for  each 
and  every  offense  or  violation,  and  in  like  penalty  for  each  and 
every  twenty-four  (24)  hours  that  such  violation  shall  be  per- 
sisted in. 

Section  16.  The  Paris  Traction  Company  shall,  within 
ninety  days  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  file  a written 


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acceptance  of  the  same  with  the  city  clerk  of  the  city  of  Paris. 

Section  17.  It  is  further  ordained  that  the  said  Paris 
Traction  Company,  its  successors  or  assigns,  shall  enter  into  a 
bond  of  $5000.00  with  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  or  with 
some  responsible  surety  company  as  surety,  to  be  approved  by 
the  City  Council  of  the  said  city  of  Paris,  conditioned  that  said 
company,  its  legal  representatives,  successors,  or  assigns,  shall 
restore  the  said  street  aforesaid,  in  which  its  tracks,  poles  and 
wires,  and  all  other  appliances  are  located  to  the  same  condi- 
tion as  nearly  as  practicable  as  the  same  was  before  being 
used  or  disturbed  by  said  company;  that  it  will  save  and  keep 
harmless  the  city  of  Paris  from  all  damages  or  claims  for  dam- 
ages occasioned  by  failure  to  use  proper  care  in  the  use,  man- 
agement and  control  of  its  said  lines  of  railway  and  appliances 
thereto  pertaining  in  said  street;  that  it  will  save  and  keep 
harmless  the  said  city  of  Paris  from  all  damages  or  claims  for 
damages  arising  from  any  negligence,  unskillful  or  improper 
construction,  maintenance  or  operation  of  any  machinery, 
wires,  poles,  street  railway  lines  or  other  appliances,  owned, 
used  or  controlled  by  the  said  company,  whereby,  any  person 
or  corporation  is  injured  and  that  it  shall  and  will  conform  to 
all  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the  franchise,  license,  and  au- 
thority herein  granted  by  the  city  of  Paris,  under  which  it  op- 
erates, and  all  other  ordinances  of  said  city,  not  inconsistent 
with  the  rights  specifically  granted  by  this  ordinance. 

Said  bond  shall  extend  for  the  full  period  of  this  franchise, 
and  said  city,  by  its  Council,  reserves  the  right  at  any  time 


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whenever  by  reason  of  death  or  insolvency  of  the  sureties  on 
said  bonds,  or  for  other  causes,  said  first  bond  may  not  reasonable 
secure  and  protect  said  city,  to  require  a new  or  additional 
bond  and  security  conditioned  as  aforesaid. 

Section  18.  The  said  company  shall  not  suffer  or  permit 
any  closets  in  and  upon  its  cars  to  be  used  while  in  the  city  lim- 
its of  said  city  of  Paris.  All  regular  city  street  passenger  cars 
used  by  said  company  shall  be  required  to  stop  for  the  purpose 
of  taking  on  and  letting  off  passengers  at  such  points  in  said 
city  of  Paris  as  the  City  Council  of  said  city  may  designate, 
such  stops  not  to  exceed  one  for  each  complete  intersection  of 
another  street  with  said  Main  street. 

FRANCHISE 

Western  Union  Telegraph  Company 
(Passed  May  22,  1897.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company,  its 
successors  and  assigns,  are  authorized  to'  erect  and  maintain,  on 
the  streets,  alleys,  and  public  ways  of  said  city  the  poles  and 
fixtures  and  wires  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  the 
citizens  of  said  city  and  to  the  public,  communication  by  tele- 
graph, or  other  improved  electrical  device,  such  use  to  be  and 
continue  upon  the  terms  and  conditions  hereinafter  stated. 

Section  2.  The  location  of  the  poles  and  lines  now  in  use, 
is  hereby  approved;  and  in  the  location  of  all  poles  and  lines 


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hereafter  to  be  erected  and  any  change  in  the  location  of  the  poles 
and  lines  and  now  in  use,  or  extensions  thereof,  shall  he  under 
the  directions  and  control  of  the  City  Council  of  said  city. 

Section  3.  Said  poles  and  wires  shall  he  placed  and  main- 
tained so  as  not  to  interfere  with  travel  on  said  highways,  and 
said  company  shall  hold  said  city  of  Paris  free  and  harmless 
from  all  damages  arising  by  reason  of  any  abuse  of  said  occu- 
pancy. This  grant  is  made  and  is  to  he  enjoyed,  subject  to 
such  reasonable  regulations  and  ordinances  of  a police  nature 
as  said  City  Council  of  said  city  is  authorized  and  sees  proper, 
at  any  time,  to  adopt  not  distructive  to  the  rights  herein  grant- 
ed. 

Section  4.  The  right  of  use  herein  given  shall  not  be  ex- 
clusive and  the  City  Council  of  said  city  reserves  the  power  to 
grant  a like  right  of  way  to  any  other  telegraph  company;  the 
same,  however,  not  to  interfere  with  the  reasonable  and  proper 
exercise  of  the  privileges  herein  granted. 

Section  5.  In  consideration  wherof,  said  Western  Union 
Telegraph  Company  shall,  and  by  the  acceptance  of  this  ordi- 
nance does  agree,  to  allow  the  City  Council  of  said  city  to  at- 
tach at  any  time  to  the  top  cross-arm  of  any  of  said  poles,  where 
practicable  the  firm  alarm  and  police  wires,  and  said  poles 
are  hereby  made  a municipal  instrumentality  for  that  purpose ; 
provided,  however,  said  attachment  shall  be  so  made  as  not  to 
interfere  with  said  company’s  use;  and  said  attachment  shall 
be  made  and  maintained  under  the  direction  of  said  company’s 


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manager  in  said  city  of  Paris.  The  said  company  shall  and 
will  furnish  for  the  said  city  the  use  of  its  poles  for  the  attach- 
ment thereto  of  its  fire  alarm  boxes  without  charge  to  said  city. 

Section  6.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  and  after 
its  passage  and  the  filing  of  said  company  of  an  unconditional 
acceptance  thereof  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  of  said  city  of 
Paris. 

Section  7.  That  whenever  said  company  ceases  to  operate 
a telegraph  line  in  said  city  of  Paris  and  ceases  to  use  the  said 
poles  and  lines  provided  for  herein,  in  the  operation  of  its  lines 
of  telegraph,  then  said  company  shall  remove  said  lines  and 
poles  from  the  streets  and  alleys  of  said  city  within  sixty  days 
from  date  that  said  company  so  ceases  to  use  and  operate  said 
lines. 

Section  8.  No  poles  are  to  be  erected  in  said  city  by  said 
telegraph  company  except  such  as  have  been  inspected  and  ap- 
proved by  the  committees  on  streets  and  alleys  of  said  Council^ 
and  said  telegraph  company  is  hereby  required  to  keep  well 
painted  all  poles  now  or  hereafter  in  use  by  it  on  any  street 
within  two  blocks  of  the  public  square. 

Section  9.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances,  orders 
and  resolutions  upon  the  subject  of  telegraph  poles,  wires,  etc., 
of  previous  date,  in  so  far  as  the  same  relates  to  the  Western 
Union  Telegraph  Company,  are  hereby  appealed  and  annulled. 


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Telephone  Franchise  to  P.  G.  Farrow,  Inc.  Wabash  Valley  Telephone  Co. 

(Passed  Nov.  5,  1895.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  the  right  and  permission  is  hereby  granted  to 
P.  G.  Farrow,  his  assigns  or  legal  representatives,  to  enter  up- 
on the  streets,  avenue  and  alleys  and  public  grounds  of  said  city, 
and  to  construct,  erect  and  maintain  in,  along  and  over  said 
streets,  avenues,  alleys  and  public  grounds,  posts,  poles,  wires 
and  other  appliances  and  fixtures  necessary  and  convenient  for 
supplying  the  citizens  of  said  city  of  Paris  and  the  public,  com- 
munication by  telephone  or  other  electric  devices  to  be  main- 
tained and  done  under  the  condition  hereinafter  set  forth. 

Section  2.  Said  P.  G.  Farrow,  his  assigns  or  legal  rep- 
resentatives are  hereby  granted  the  right  to  construct,  erect 
and  maintain  said  plant  in  said  city,  set  forth  in  the  preceding 
section,  and  to  repair,  enlarge  and  extend  the  same  and  carry 
on  the  business  of  renting  telephones  for  a period  of  twenty 
years  (20)  from  and  after  the  date  of  the  passing  of  this  ordi- 
nance. 

Section  3.  The  authority  and  permission  hereby  granted, 
are  subject  to  the  following  terms  and  restrictions: 

1.  All  poles  and  posts  used  in  the  construction  of  the  lines 
shall  be  reasonably  straight,  placed  in  or  adjacent  to  the  line  of 
the  curb  of  the  sidewalk  in  such  manner  as  not  to  impede  pub- 
lic travel. 


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2.  During  the  construction  of  that  portion  of  said  plant 
which  is  to  be  erected  in,  along,  or  over  highways,  avenues, 
streets  and  alleys  and  public  grounds,  the  said  P.  G.  Farrow, 
his  assigns  or  legal  representatives  shall  not  unnecessarily  im- 
pede public  travel  thereon  and  shall  leave  all  said  high- 
ways, avenues,  streets,  alleys  and  public  grounds  upon  which 
he  may  enter  for  the  purposes  herein  authorized,  in  as  good  con- 
dition as  they  were  in  at  the  time  of  said  entry. 

3.  Any  and  all  poles,  wires  and  fixtures  hereinafter  erect- 
ed, strung  or  placed  in  said  city  of  Paris  under  this  ordinance, 
shall  be  so  erected  and  strung  or  placed  under  the  supervision 
of  the  committee  on  streets  and  alleys,  and  shall  not  be  erect- 
ed, strung  or  placed  in  the  streets  or  avenues  whenever  they 
can  be  reasonably  erected,  strung  or  placed  in  the  alleys  of  said 
city. 

4.  Should  any  pole  or  other  fixture  belonging  to  said  plant 
interfere  with  any  public  or  private  interest,  the  Council  may 
require  such  pole  or  other  fixtures  to  be  so  changed  as  to  ob- 
viate any  such  objection  and  such  communication  to  be  proper- 
ty maintained  and  continued  without  any  costs  or  expense  to 
the  city,  and  when  poles  are  moved  all  excavations  shall  be 
promptly  refilled,  and  all  pavements  and  sidewTalks  restored 
to  good  order. 

5.  All  excavations  made  in  setting  or  erecting  poles  shall  be 
refilled  in  good  workmanlike  manner,  and  all  pavements  and 
sidewalks  interfered  with  shall  be  reconstructed  so  as  to  be  left 
in  as  good  condition  as  they  were  before  such  interference. 


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6.  Said  P.  G.  Farrow,  his  assigns  or  legal  representatives, 
shall  fully  pay,  satisfy  and  discharge  any  and  all  claims,  de- 
mands, damages,  costs  or  charges,  resulting  to  others,  either 
in  person  or  property,  from  the  exercise  of  any  right  or  privi- 
lege hereby  granted,  and  shall  at  all  times  indemnify  and  pro- 
tect said  city  of  Paris,  on  account  of  any  such  damage  claimed 
or  recovered. 

7.  The  rates  for  telephone  service  in  the  present  corporate 
limits  of  the  city  of  Paris,  for  offices  and  business  service,  shall 
not  exceed  thirty  dollars  ($30.00),  and  residence  service  shall 
not  exceed  eighteen  dollars  ($18.00)  per  telephone  per  annum. 

8.  Said  P.  G.  Farrow,  his  assigns  or  legal  representatives 
shall  furnish  free  of  charge  five  (5)  telephones  for  the  use  of 
the  said  city  of  Paris,  to  be  located  as  designated  by  the  City 
Council  within  the  city. 

All  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby  repealed 
FRANCHISE 

Franchise  of  the  Paris  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company. 

(Passed  August  13,  1900.  Approved  Aug.  14,  1900,) 

Section-  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  That  the  Paris  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Co.  are  hereby 
invested  with  the  privilage,  for  the  term  of  twenty-three  (23) 
years  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  of  .using  the  streets, 
lanes,  alleys,  and  public  grounds  of  the  city  as  it  is  now  laid  out 
out  or  may  hereafter  be  laid  out,  extended  or  enlarged,  for  the 
purpose  of  laying  down  in  said  streets,  lanes,  alleys  and  public 


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grounds  pipes  for  the  conveyance  of  gas  in  and  through  the  said 
city  for  the  use  of  said  city  and  inhabitants.  Provided  that  the 
streets  shall  hereafter  be  used  only  when  there  is  no  parallel 
alley,  and  provided  that  the  said  gas  pipe  shall  not  interfere 
with  the  drainage  of  said  city,  sewer  or  water  pipes. 

Section  2.  That  whenever  the  company  aforesaid  propose 
to  open  any  street,  lane,  or  alley  for  the  purpose  of  laying 
down  gas  pipes,  they  shall  give  to  the  mayor  or  city  engineer 
three  days’  notice  thereof,  and  shall  not  during  the  progress  of 
their  wTork  unnecessarily  obstruct  the  passage  of  said  street,, 
lane,  or  alley.  Excavations  for  laying  shall  be  made  in  such 
manner  as  will  not  interfere  with  any  sewer,  gas,  water,  or  pipes 
laid  therein,  and  so  as  to  avoid,  as  far  as  reasonably  possible,  the 
obstructing  of  any  street  or  alley,  and  the  same  shall  be  prompt- 
ly repaired  and  restored  to  as  good  condition  as  they  were  before,, 
and  when  any  pavement  shall  be  disturbed  it  shall  be  repaired  and 
restored  with  the  same  kind  of  material  or  such  material  as  shall 
be  approved  by  the  city  engineer.  Any  settling  in  any  street 
or  alley  caused  by  such  excavation  whenever  it  occurs  shall  be 
promptly  repaired  by  said  company. 

Section  3.  That  the  said  company  is  hereby  authorized  for 
the  period  of  twenty-three  (23)  years  from  the  date  of  the  pas- 
sage of  this  ordinance  to  construct  and  maintain  in  the  said  city 
an  incandescent  electric  light  plant;,  erect  the  necessary  polesr 
and  run  wires  or  lines  of  electric  wires  through  the  streets  and 
alleys,  but  in  no  event  shall  a street  be  used  when  an  alley  can 


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be  used  instead.  Such  wires  and  poles,  upon  which  they  are  or 
may  be  strung  shall  be  placed  in  such  a manner  and  at  such 
points  in  streets  and  alleys  as  not  to  interfere  with  the  proper 
use  and  occupation  of  such  streets  and  alleys  by  the  public. 

Section  4.  That  the  quality  of  the  poles  used,  the  height  of 
the  Avires  and  the  location  of  the  poles  shall  be  subject  to  the  or- 
ders and  directions  of  the  street  and  alley  committee  and  city 
engineer. 

Section  5.  That  the  Paris  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company 
be  and  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  for  the  period  of 
twenty-three  (23)  years  from  the  date  of  the  passage  of  this 
ordinance  to  lay  and  maintain  pipes  in  and  across  the  streets, 
alleys  and  public  grounds  of  said  city  (but  in  the  streets  only 
when  there  is  no  parallel  alley)  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  hot 
water,  for  heating  and  domestic  purposes,  to  any  building,  pub- 
lic or  private,  within  said  city,  and  that  the  laying  of  the  pipes 
shall  be  subject  to  the  restrictions  contained  in  Sections  2 and  3 
of  this  ordinance.  All  of  the  above  privileges  and  franchises 
in  this  ordinance  contained  are  granted  the  Paris  Gas  Light 
and  Coke  Company  on  the  following  express  conditions : 

First.  That  the  said  company  will  construct  the  hot  water 
plant  and  lay  a mile  of  pipe  within  one  year,  and  to  commence 
work  within  ninety  days  from  the  date  of  this  ordinance  and 
upon  the  fulfillment  of  this  condition,  said  company  agrees  and 
consents  to  the  repeal  of  all  former  ordinances  granting  to  it 
the  right  and  privilege  of  manufacturing  gas  and  of  maintain- 


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ing  an  electric  light  plant,  and  in  the  event  of  the  failure  of 
said  gas  company  to  comply  with  the  terms  of  the  above  condi- 
tions within  the  time  named,  that  all  rights  and  privileges 
granted  by  this  ordinance  shall  be  forfeited  without  any  action 
on  the  part  of  the  city. 

Second.  That  the  city  building  including  the  council  cham- 
ber, fire  house  and  police  station  be  lighted  by  gas  and  electric 
light,  and  heated  by  hot  water  without  cost  to  the  city. 

Third.  That  the  maximum  charges  to  consumers  shall  not 
exceed  the  following: 

Illuminating  Gas 

Meter  rent  per  month  50  cents  when  no  gas  is  used. 


100  ft.  used $ .50 

200  ft.  used 50 

300  ft.  used T5 

400  ft.  used 95 

500  ft.  used 1.15 

600  ft.  used 1.35 

700  ft.  used 1.55 

800  ft.  used 1.75 

900  ft.  used 1.95 

1000  ft.  used 2.00 

1100  ft.  used,  per  M 1.75 

2100  ft.  used,  per  M 1.50 


The  rate  shall  be  $1.50  per  M.  when  gas  is  used  for  light  and 
fuel.  After  1903  the  flat  rate  shall  be  $1.50  per  M.  the  mini- 
mum charge  50  cents. 


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Electric  Light  Rate 

Less  than  10  lamps  16  C.  P.,  10  o’clock  circuit,  60  cents  each 
per  month. 

10  lamps  or  more  16  C.  P.,  10  o’clock  circuit,  40  cents  each 
per  month. 

Less  than  10  lamps  16  C.  P.,  12  o’clock  circuit,  75  cents  per 
month 

10  lamps  16  C.  P.,  or  more,  12  o’clock  circuit  50  cents  each 
per  month. 

Less  than  10  lamps  16  C.  P.,  all  night  12  o’clock  circuit,  85 
cents  each  per  month. 

10  lamps  16  C.  P.  or  more,  12  o’clock  circuit  60  cents  each 
per  month. 

Arc  lamps  4 1-2  amp.,  10  o’clock  circuit,  $4.00  each  per 
month. 

Arc  lamps  4 1-2  amp.,  12  o’clock  circuit,  $5.00  each  per 
month. 

Arc  lamps,  4 1-2  amp.,  all  night  circuit,  $7.50  each  per 
month. 

Electric  Meter  Rate. 

Under  50,000  W.  hours  per  month  15  cents  per  K.  W.  hours. 

Over  50,000  W.  hours  per  month  12  1-2  cents  per  K.  W. 
hours. 

H\ot  Water  Heater 

Under  250  square  ft.  radiation  20  cents  per  sq.  ft.  per  year. 

Over  250  square  ft.  radiation  12  1-2  cents  per  sq.  ft.  per  year. 


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Section  6.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after 
its  passage. 


FRANCHISE 

Franchise  of  the  Paris  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Co. 

(Passed  June  22,  1904.  Approved  June  25,  1904.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  William  J.  Hunter  and  James  E.  Parrish, 
purchasing  committee  for  the  bond  holders  of  the  Paris  Gas 
Light  and  Coke  Company,  and  their  successors  or  assigns,  are 
hereby  invested  with  the  privilege,  for  the  term  of  thirty  (30) 
years  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  of  constructing  and 
maintaining  a plant  for  the  manufacture  of  illuminating  gas 
and  of  using  the  streets,  lanes,  alleys  and  public  grounds  of  the 
city,  as  it  is  now  laid  out,  or  may  hereafter  be  laid  out,  or  ex- 
tended or  enlarged,  for  the  purpose  of  laying  down  in  said 
streets,  lanes,  alleys,  and  public  grounds,  pipes  for  the  convey- 
ance of  gas  in  and  through  the  said  city  and  of  using  and  main- 
taining the  plant  heretofore  constructed  and  the  pipes  hereto- 
fore laid  by  the  Paris  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company  in  said 
streets,  lanes,  alleys  and  public  grounds,  and  all  other  privil- 
eges accorded  to  the  said  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company  by  an 
ordinance  approved  August  14th,  1900,  and  which  said  ordi- 
nance not  conflicting  with  this  is  hereby  made  a part  of  and  in- 
cluded in  this  ordinance,  for  the  use  of  said  city  and  inhabi- 
tants. Provided,  that  the  streets  shall  hereafter  be  used  only 


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when  there  is  no  parallel  alley,  and  provided  that  said  gas  pipes 
shall  not  interfere  with  the  drainage  of  said  city  sewer  or  wa- 
ter pipes. 

Section  2.  That  whenever  said  persons,  their  successors  or 
assigns  aforesaid  propose  to  open  any  street,  lane,  or  alley  for 
the  purpose  of  laying  down  gas  pipes,  they  shall  first  get  per- 
mission from  the  street  and  alley  committee,  and  shall  not  dur- 
ing the  progress  of  their  work,  unnecessarily  obstruct  the  pas- 
sag  of  such  street,  lane,  or  alley,  and  the  work  shall  he  done 
under  the  supervision  of  the  street  and  alley  committee.  Ex- 
cavations for  laying  shall  he  made  in  such  manner  as  will  not 
interfere  with  any  sewer,  gas,  or  water  pipes  laid  therein  and 
so  as  to  avoid  so  far  as  is  reasonably  possible,  the  obstruction 
of  any  street  or  alley  and  the  same  shall  he  promptly  repaired 
and  restored  to  as  good  condition  as  they  were  before ; and 
when  any  pavement  shall  be  disturbed  it  shall  he  repaired  and 
restored  with  the  same  kind  of  material  or  such  material  as 
shall  be  approved  by  the  city  engineer;  and  settling  in  any 
street  or  alley  caused  by  such  excavation  whenever  it  occurs 
shall  be  promptly  repaired  by  said  company,  and  the  said  par- 
ties so  making  the  excavations  shall  first  deposit  such  sum  of 
money  with  the  city  'treasurer  as  may  be  required  by  the  street 
and  alley  committee  to  insure  the  faithful  fulfillment  of  the 
requirements  of  this  ordinance  and  in  the  event  of  the  failure 
of  said  persons  or  company  to  restore  such  street  or  alley  to  as 
good  a condition  as  before  making  such  excavation,  the  City 
Council  or  its  appropriate  committee  shall  use  said  money  for 
that  purpose. 


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Section  3.  That  'the  said  persons,  their  successors  or  as- 
signs, are  hereby  authorized,  for  the  period  of  thirty  (30)  years 
from  the  date  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  to  construct  and 
maintain  in  the  said  city  of  Paris,  an  electric  light  plant  for 
the  purpose  of  furnishing  arc  and  incandescent  electric  light 
and  electric  motive  power,  erect  the  necessary  poles,  and  run 
wires  or  lines  of  electric  wires  through  the  streets  and  alleys 
and  to  use  and  maintain  the  poles,  wires  and  lines  heretofore 
erected  and  run  by  the  Paris  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company  for 
said  purposes,  but  in  no  event  shall  a street  be  used  when  an  al- 
ley can  be  used  instead.  Such  wires  and  poles,  upon  which  they 
are,  or  may  be  strung,  shall  be  placed  in  such  manner  and  at 
such  points  in  streets  and  alleys  as  not  to  interfere  with  the 
proper  use  and  occupation  of  such  streets  and  alleys  by  the  pub- 
lic. That  the  quality  of  the  poles  used,  the  height  of  the  wires,, 
the  location  of  the  poles  shall  be  subject  to  the  orders  and  direc- 
tions of  the  street  and  alley  committee  and  the  city  engineer. 

Section  4.  That  said  persons,  their  successors  or  assigns  be 
and  are  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  for  the  period  of  thirty 
(30)  years  from  the  date  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance  to 
lay  and  maintain  pipes  in  and  across  the  streets,  alleys  and  pub- 
lic grounds  of  said  city  (but  in  the  streets  only  when  there  is 
no  parallel  alley)  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  hot  water,  for 
heating  and  domestic  purposes  in  any  building,  public  or  pri- 
vate, and  to  use  and  maintain  the  pipes  heretofore  laid  for 
said  purpose  by  the  Paris  Gas  Light  and  Coke  Company  and 


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that  the  laying  of  the  pipes  shall  be  subject  to  the  restrictions 
contained  in  Sections  2 and  3 of  this  ordinance.  All  of  the 
above  privileges  and  franchises  in  this  ordinance  contained  are 
granted  to  the  said  persons,  their  successors  or  assigns,  on  the 
following  express  conditions : 

First . That  the  city  building,  including  the  council  cham- 
ber, fire  house  and  police  station,  and  public  library  shall  be 
lighted  by  gas  and  electric  light  and  heated  by  hot  water  with- 
out cost  to  the  city. 

Second.  That  the  said  persons,  their  successors  or  assigns 
shall  furnish  good  service. 

Third.  That  the  maximum  charges  to  consumers  shall  not 
exceed  the  following : 

Illuminating  Gas 

Meter  rent  per  mo.  50  cents  when  no  gas  is  used. 

The  rate  for  gas  shall  be  $1.50  per  m.  feet;  the  minimum 
charge  50  cents. 

Electric  Light  Rate 

Less  than  10  lamps,  16  C.  P.,  10  o’clock  circuit,  60  cents  each 
per  month. 

10  lamps  or  more,  16  C.  P.,  10  o’clock  circuit,  40  cents  each 
per  month. 

10  lamps,  16  C.  P.  (or  more),  12  o’clock  circuit,  50  cents 
each  per  month. 

Less  than  10  lamps,  16  C.  P.,  all  night  circuit,  85  cents  each 
per  month. 


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10  lamps,  16  C.  P.  (or  more),  all  night  circuit,  60  cents  each 
per  month. 

Arc  lamps  4 1-2  amp.,  10  o’clock  circuit,  $4.00  'each  per 
month. 

Arc  lamps  4 1-2  amp.,  12  o’clock  circuit,  $5.00  each  per 
month. 

Arc  lamps  4 1-2  amp.,  all  night  circuit,  $7.50  each  per 
month. 

Electric  Meter  Rate 

Under  50000  W.  hrs.  per  month,  15  cents  per  K.  W.  hours. 
Over  50000  W.  hrs.  per  month,  12  1-2  cents  per  K.  W.  hours. 
Under  250  square  feet  radiation  20  cents  per  sq.  ft.  per  year. 
Hot  Water  Heater 

Over  250  square  feet  radiation,  17  cents  per  sq.  ft.  per  year. 
Section  5.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after 

its  passage. 

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Reservoir  Park  Fishing  and  Boating  Club. 

Memorandum  of  agreement  made  and  entered  into  by  and  be- 
tween the  city  of  Paris  party  of  the  first  part  and  Reservoir 
Park,  Fishing  and  Boating  Club,  a corporation  organized  under 
the  laws  of  'the  state  of  Illinois,  parties  of  the  second  part. 

Witness : That  said  party  of  the  first  part  has  this  day  leas- 

ed to  the  said  second  party  for  a term  of  twenty  (20)  years,  be- 
ginning Aug.  7,  1905,  and  ending  Aug.  7,  1925,  all  the  rights 


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and  exclusive  privileges  of  the  waters  and  grounds  situated  on 
section  25  and  26,  town  14  north,  range  12  west  of  the  2nd  p. 
m.,  acquired  by  purchase  and  lease  by  said  city,  also  the  grounds 
and  privilages  that  said  city  may  hereafter  acquire  by  reason  of 
purchase  or  lease  to  adjoining  any  of  said  grounds  now  owned 
by  the  said  city  of  Paris,  in  connection  with  Reservoir  Park 
and  Lakes  and  said  city  water  works. 

The  said  privileges  shall  consist  of  boating,  fishing,  and  ice 
use  of  both  skating  and  taking  ice  for  commercial  purposes,  al- 
so all  privileges  of  park  or  grounds  known  as  stand  privileges 
for  which  the  said  parties  contract  as  follows  : To  maintain  a 

good  and  sufficient  boat  house  and  landing ; to  have  and  to  keep 
not  less  than  one  steam,  naptha  or  electric  launch,  also  a suffi- 
cient number  of  boats  to  accommodate  the  public.  Said  second 
parties  further  agree  to  have  a keeper  of  boats  on  hand  that  the 
public  may  be  accommodated  at  all  times  during  the  boating  sea- 
son. 

Said  second  parties  agree  to  look  after  all  said  grounds  and 
keep  them  in  reasonably  good  condition,  and  to  report  to  proper 
authorities  any  and  all  misdemeanors  or  violation  of  law  or  ordi- 
nances made  to  govern  said  grounds  and  waters  and  to  assist  in 
every  reasonable  way  to  keep  waters  from  being  polluted  from 
any  cause. 

Said  second  parties  further  agree  that  the  fishing  privilege 
shall  be  governed  as  to  mode  and  time  of  fishing  by  the  commit- 
tee selected  by  the  City  Council,  as  heretofore  fixed  by  the  ordi- 


nance. 


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Said  second  parties  further  agree  to  pay  the  party  of  the  first 
part  an  annual  rental  of  one  hundred  dollars  ($100.00)  per 
year  during  the  term  of  said  lease  payable  semi-annually,  Jan. 
1st  and  July  1st  of  each  year. 

Said  first  party  agrees  to  clothe  with  police  powers — as  many 
men  as  said  second  parties  may  require  at  different  times  to 
keep  order  and  to  protect  said  grounds  and  waters.  Said  po- 
lice so  appointed  to  be  paid  by  the  parties  of  the  second  part. 

Said  second  parties  agree  to  use  due  diligence  in  advertising 
said  grounds  and  waters  as  well  as  the  city  of  Paris. 

Nothing  in  this  agreement  shall  prevent  the  government  and 
control  of  said  property  by  the  city,  so  far  as  it  may  he  neces- 
sary to  police  the  same  and  preserve  the  purity  of  the  water,  and 
to  furnish  the  water  to  the  city  or  the  inhabitants  thereof,  and 
to  perform  all  duties  that  devolve  on  the  city  by  virtue  of  the 
laws  of  the  state  of  Illinois. 

The  party  of  the  first  part  further  reserves  the  right  to  make 
such  improvements  on  said  property,  as  they  at  any  time  may 
see  fit  so  to  do. 

The  public  is  to  have  free  access  to  the  Park,  springs  and 
grounds  under  such  reasonable  rules  and  regulations,  as  may  be 
provided  by  the  city  and  club. 

Said  party  of  the  second  part  is  to  have  exclusive  rights  to 
the  control  and  possession  of  all  buildings  and  structures  erect- 
ed by  them  and  is  also  to  have  the  right  to  remove  said  build- 
ings at  the  expiration  of  said  lease,  and  to  have  the  exclusive 


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right  to  the  boating  and  fishing  and  the  privileges  aforesaid 
and  the  right  to  rent  or  lease  said  park  for  picnics  and  other 
public  gatherings  with  the  consent  of  the  party  of  the  first  part. 

The  party  of  the  second  part  with  the  consent  of  the  party  of 
first  part  may  charge  an  admission  fee  to  said  premises  on  such 
date  as  they  may  have  attractions  provided  at  a cost  to  said  sec- 
ond party  otherwise  the  premises  are  to  be  free  to  the  public. 

Said  party  of  the  second  part  is  not  to  use  any  of  the  land  for 
cultivation  or  for  pasturing  stock. 

It  is  further  agreed  and  understood  that  the  said  party  of  the 
second  part  nor  any  officers  or  members  thereof  shall  have  any 
right  to  in  any  manner  make  or  contract  any  debt  for  or  on  be- 
half of  the  party  of  the  first  part  nor  make  the  party  of  the  first 
part  liable  for  any  such  debts. 

Said  second  party  further  agrees,  that  at  no  time  will  they 
permit  the  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks,  or  the  privilege  of  any 
gambling  device  of  any  kind  whatsoever  on  said  grounds  con- 
trolled by  them. 

Said  second  parties  further  agree  to  use  due  precaution  to 
protect  all  trees  on  said  grounds  and  to  superintend  transplant- 
ing of  any  trees  if  the  City  Council  so  desire. 

Said  second  party  has  the  right  to  erect  all  necessary  ice 
houses  and  other  necessary  buildings  on  said  land  and  the  ex- 
clusive right  to  use  the  same,  but  such  buildings  are  to  be  lo- 
cated at  such  places  as  the  city  and  the  second  party  may  agree. 


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Whereas,  A lease  or  contract  between  the  party  of  the  first 
part  and  the  party  of  the  second  part  dated  Dec.  7,  1897  and 
eloping  Dec.  7,  1907,  is  by  the  adoption  of  this  lease  by  both 
parties  abrogated  or  annulled  in  all  of  its  requirements. 

In  witness  whereof  the  city  of  Paris  has  caused  to  be  affixed 
hereto  the  seal  of  said  city,  attested  by  the  city  clerk  and  signed 
by  the  mayor,  and  the  said  Reservoir  Park  Fishing  and  Boat- 
ing Club  has  caused  to  be  applied  hereto  its  corporate  seal  attest- 
ed by  its  secretary  and  signed  by  its  president  this  7th  day  of 
August,  1905. 

Attest  CITY  OF  PARIS  BY 

(Seal)  W.  B.  LOGAN,  T.  C.  MCCORD, 

City  Clerk.  Mayor. 

Attest 

(Seal)  H.  DOLLARHIDE, 

Secretary  of  Reservoir  Park  Fishing  & Boating  Club. 

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Wabash  Valley  Telephone  Co.  Telephone  Grant  and  Conduit  System. 

(Passed  Sept.  13,  1905.) 

Be  it  resolved  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris , That 
the  city  of  Paris  hereby  grants  the  Wabash  Valley  Telephone 
Company,  its  successors  or  assigns  under  the  direction  of  the 
City  Council,  the  right  and  privilege  of  constructing  and  main- 
taining a conduit  system  for  the  purpose  of  placing  their  cables 
and  wires  underground,  under  the  following  streets  and  alleys 


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in  the  city  of  Paris,  Illinois,  to-wit:  In  all  the  alleys  within 

one-half  block  of  the  public  square,  and  across  streets  connect- 
ing said  alleys ; also  on  North  Central  avenue  to  Andrew  street 
.and  on  East  Wood  street  to  Buena  Vista  street,  providing,  how- 
ever, that  the  said  Wabash  Valley  Telephone  Company,  its  suc- 
cessorse  or  assigns  shall  install  a common  battery  system  in- 
stead of  the  system  now  in  use  in  their  plant  in  the  city  of  Paris, 
within  eighteen  months  from  the  date  of  the  passage  of  this 
resolution,  also  deposit,  with  the  city  treasurer  a bond  in  the 
penal  sum  of  $5,000.00,  with  good  and  sufficient  security  con- 
ditioned upon  the  refilling  of  any  trench  that  may  be  dug  for 
this  purpose  and  upon  relaying  of  any  street  pavement  or  side- 
walk that  may  be  torn  up  for  the  construction  of  said  conduit 
system  and  for  the  replacing  of  such  streets,  pavements  or  side- 
walks in  as  good  condition  as  it  was  before,  and  also  condition- 
ed to  save  and  keep  harmless  said  city  from  the  payment  of 
damages  which  may  be  caused  by  such  excavation,  said  bond  to 
be  surrendered  to  said  company  on  the  expiration  of  eighteen 
months  from  the  time  it  was  delivered  to  said  treasurer  as  afore- 
said, except  in  the  event  of  litigation  affecting  in  any  way  said 
bond,  then  said  bond  shall  not  be  surrendered  until  the  termina- 
tion of  such  litigation. 


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Central  Union  Telephone  Franchise 
(Passed  Aug.  6,  1906.) 

Be  it  resolved  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris , At . 
a special  meeting  regularly  called  and  held  in  pursuance  of  such 
call  on  the  9th  day  of  August,  1906. 

That  the  city  engineer  and  the  street  and  alley  committee  be 
and  they  are  hereby  directed  to  designate  all  proper  places  upon 
the  streets  and  alleys  of  the  city  of  Paris  for  the  putting  and 
placing  of  telephone  poles  and  telephone  wires  by  the  Central 
Union  Telephone  Company,  for  its  improvement  and  recon- 
struction of  long  distance,  rural  and  city  lines.  And  the  said 
city  engineer  and  street  and  alley  committee  are  authorized  to 
approve  any  plan  which  shows  and  indicates  all  proper  places 
for  the  putting  and  placing  of  telephone  poles  and  wires  which 
may,  in  the  judgment  of  the  city  engineer  and  street  and  alley 
committee,  be  proper  and  right  and  which  locates  said  poles  and 
wires  in  places  where  they  will  least  inconvenience  the  public 
and  tend,  as  far  as  possible,  to  promote  the  welfare  of  said  tele- 
phone company. 

Provided,  however,  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company 
shall  furnish  free  of  rental  charge  such  telephones,  with  ex- 
change connection,  as  may  he  required  for  the  use  of  said  city 
of  Paris,  not  exceeding  ten  in  number,  the  location  of  which 
shall  be  made  as  designated  by  the  proper  city  authorities ; and 
provided,  further,  that  said  telephone  company  shall  permit 


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the  farmers’  co-operative  telephone  companies  within  Edgar 
county  to  connect  with  its  Paris  exchange,  under  mutual  agree- 
ment which  shall  provide  that  the  co-operative  companies  build 
their  lines  up  to  the  city  limits  of  Paris,  at  which  point  the  Cen- 
tral Union  Company  shall  meet  them  with  circuits  sufficient  in 
number  of  meet  the  operating  requirements,  and  that  the  farm  • 
ers’  co-operative  companies  shall  have  free  exchange  service 
with  Paris  subscribers,  in  consideration  for  which  the  co-opera- 
tive companies  shall  give  Paris  subscribers  free  service  with 
the  farmers’  system;  and  provided,  further,  that  the  rates  to 
be  charged  by  the  said  Central  Union  Telephone  Company  for 
exchange  service  for  subscribers  within  the  city  limits  of  Paris 
shall  not  exceed  the  charges  made  by  said  company  for  similar 
service  in  cities  of  like  size  and  under  like  conditions ; and  pro- 
vided, further,  that  said  company  shall  not  request  nor  be  given 
a permit  to  place  any  poles  upon  the  streets  within  the  limits  of 
the  town  of  Paris  as  originally  platted. 

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Natural  Gas  Franchise  to  H.  G.  Clemenger. 

(Passed  July  6,  1910.) 

An  ordinance  granting  to  H.  C.  Clemenger,  of  Jamestown, 
New  York,  his  heirs,  executors,  administrators,  associates,  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  the  right  to  lay  and  construct  pipes,  mains, 
conduits,  tubing  and  other  necessary  appliances,  in  the  streets, 
lanes,  avenues  and  other  public  ways  as  hereinafter  provided 


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for,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Paris,  Illinois,  for 
the  purpose  of  conveying,  transporting,  delivering  and  disturb- 
ing inflammable  gas  to  consumers  thereof  within  the  said  city, 
and  fixing  the  price  to  be  charged  for  such  inflammable  gas  with- 
in said  city  of  Paris,  Illinois. 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  as  follows:  That  H.  G.  Clemenger,  of  Jamestown, 

New  York,  hereinafter  designated  as  the  grantee,  his  heirs, 
executors,  administrators,  associates,  successors  and  as- 
signs, he  and  is  hereby  granted  the  privilege  and  vested  with 
the  right  to  use  the  streets,  lanes,  avenues,  alleys,  and  other  pub- 
lic way  as  hereinafter  provided  for,  within  the  corporate  limits 
of  the  city  of  Paris,  Illinois,  for  the  period  of  forty  years  from 
the  date  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  for  the  purpose  of 
laying,  constructing,  repairing,  maintaining  and  operating 
pipes,  mains,  conduits,  tubing  and  other  necessary  appliances 
and  attachments  to  be  used  for  carrying,  conveying  and  trans- 
porting, delivering  and  distributing  inflammable  gas  for  public 
and  private  use,  for  light,  fuel  and  power  in  the  buildings, 
manufacturing  establishments  and  otherwise,  within  the  corpo- 
rate limits  of  said  city  of  Paris,  111.,  together  with  the  right 
to  dig  and  excavate  in  any  .and  all  of  said  streets,  lanes,  avenues 
and  other  public  ways  and  places  hereinafter  provided  for,  for 
the  purpose  of  laying  and  constructing,  repairing,  maintaining, 
and  operating  such  mains,  pipes,  tubing,  conduits  and  other 
necessary  attachments  and  appliances  required  to  convey  and 
transport  such  inflammable  gas  to  consumers  thereof  within  said 
city,  upon  the  following  conditions: 


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First.  Whenever  practicable  such  pipes,  tubing,  and  con- 
duits for  the  conveyance  and  transportation  of  such  gas,  shall 
be  in  the  alleys  parallel  therewith,  paved  streets  shall  be  used 
only  when  absolutely  necessary. 

Second.  In  the  work  of  laying,  constructing,  repairing, 
maintaining  and  operating  of  the  said  pipes,  mains,  tubing,  con- 
duits, and  other  appliances  the  said  grantee,  his  heirs, 
executors,  administrators,  associates,  successors  and  as- 
signs, shall  not  unnecessarily  obstruct  or  interfere  with  the  use 
and  occupancy  of  any  street,  lane,  avenue,  alley,  or  other  public 
way,  and  shall  in  no  wise  injure,  interfere  with  or  change  any 
existing  arrangements  for  gas,  or  water  pipes,  drains,  sewers, 
ditches,  or  other  public  or  private  works  of  said  city;  and  be- 
fore making  any  excavation  or  laying  any  pipes  or  mains,  the 
said  grantee,  his  heirs,  executors,  administrators,  associates, 
successors  and  assigns,  shall  file  with  the  City ‘Council  a plat 
or  plan,  showing  the  location  and  depth  of  such  excavation,  the 
size  of  pipes  and  mains,  and  the  location  of  mains  and  branches. 

Third.  The  said  grantee,  his  heirs,  executors,  administrators, 
associates,  successors  and  assigns,  shall  relay  and  replace  with 
due  diligence  any  and  all  pavements,  curbs,  gutters,  streets, 
avenues,  alleys,  and  other  public  ways  and  grounds  disturbed 
by  him  in  the  same  manner  and  like  condition  as  the  same  may 
have  been  before  excavating  therein. 

Fourth.  The  said  grantee,  his  heirs,  executors,  administrators, 
associates,  successors  and  assigns,  shall  preserve  and 


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keep  the  city  of  Paris,  safe,  free  and  harmless  from  any  dam- 
ages, costs,  or  expense  that  may  he  incurred  or  happen  to  per- 
sons or  property  by  reason  of  or  on  account  of  anything  done  by 
said  grantee,  his  heirs,  executors,  administrators,  associates, 
successors  and  assigns,  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance, 
and  defend  at  his  own  cost  any  suits  brought  against  the  city 
of  Paris  by  persons  or  corporations  claiming  damages  or  in- 
jures on  account  of  the  creation  or  maintenance  of  the  inflam- 
mable gas  plant  of  the  said  grantee.  The  said  grantee,  his  heirs, 
executors,  administrators,  associates,  successors  and  as- 
signs, before  exercising  any  privilege  or  rights  under  this 
franchise,  shall  furnish  bond  in  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dol- 
lars ($5000.00)  !to  be  approved  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  con- 
ditions named  in  Section  1 of  this  ordinance. 

Section  2.  The  said  grantee,  his  heirs,  executors,  adminis- 
trators, associates,  successors  and  assigns,  shall  for  a period  of 
twenty  years  (20)  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nance and  granting  of  its  franchise  and  acceptance  by  the 
grantee,  be  entitled  to  charge  for  gas  furnished  to  consumers 
within  the  city  of  Paris,  a maximum  meter  rate  of  forty  cents 
(40)  per  one  thousand  cubic  feet,  provided  that  this  rate  shall 
be  subject  to  a discount  of  ten  per  cent,  per  one  thousand  cubic 
feet  if  payment  is  made  before  the  tenth  of  each  month  for  gas 
consumed  the  preceding  month. 

Section  3.  The  privileges  herein  conferred  are  granted  up- 
on the  conditions  that  the  said  grantee,  his  heirs,  executors, 


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administrators,  associates,  successors  and  assigns  shall  file 
with  the  city  clerk  of  the  city  of  Paris,  Illinois,  within  ten  days 
after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  his  written  acceptance  of 
the  terms  hereof  and  shall  within  two  years  thereafter  com- 
plete the  work  of  laying  at  least  one  main  pipe  line  within  said 
city  of  Paris  for  the  distribution  of  such  gas,  and  have  such  in- 
flammable gas,  ready  for  delivery  to  citizens  on  said  installed 
main. 

Section  4.  Upon  the  filing  with  the  city  clerk  of  the  writ- 
ten acceptance  above  named,  this  ordinance  and  the  said  accept- 
tance  shall  be  taken  and  deemed  as  constituting  a valid  and  leg- 
al contract  and  binding  upon  the  parties  hereto,  and  the  City 
Council  of  the  said  city  of  Paris,  shall  not  for  a period  above 
named,  to-wit : 

Twenty  (20)  years  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  re- 
quire said  grantee  to  furnish  such  gas  at  a lower  rate  than  here- 
in named ; nor  shall  such  grantee  at  any  time  during  such  per- 
iod, demand  or  require  a higher  price  than  herein  named,  for 
gas  frunished  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Section  5.  The  privileges  and  rights  vested  hereunder 
shall  not  he  forfeited  for  a temporary  suspension  of  operations 
of  said  gas  plant  after  the  same  has  been  completed  unless  such 
suspension  be  for  the  period  of  one  year  or  more  when  the  City 
Council  may,  by  proper  action,  declare  all  rights  and  privileges 
granted  herein  forfeited. 

Section  6.  A reasonable  charge  shall  be  made  for  meters 
furnished  to  customers,  and  the  grantee,  his  heirs,  executors,  ad- 


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ministrators,  associates,  successors  and  assigns  shall  furnish 
gas  free  of  charge  to  the  city  of  Paris,  for  light  and  fuel  in  the 
city  building  and  the  Carnegie  library  building. 

Section  7.  The  acceptance  on  the  part  of  the  grantee,  his 
heirs,  executors,  administrators,  associates,  successors  and 
assigns,  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  hind  him  to 
make  reasonable  effort  to  secure  and  furnish  gas  in  the  city 
of  Paris  under  the  conditions  of  this  ordinance. 

Section"  8.  The  said  grantee,  his  heirs,  executors,  adminis- 
trators, associates,  successors,  and  assigns,  shall  have  the  right 
to  reclaim  and  remove  all  said  pipes,  mains,  structures,  etc., 
laid  and  constructed  by  him  in  said  streets,  alleys,  etc.,  provide 
ing  the  said  grantee,  his  heirs,  executors,  administrators,  asso- 
cates,  successors,  and  assigns,  shall  relay  and  replace  with  due 
diligence  any  and  all  pavements,  curbs,  gutters,  streets,  avenues, 
alleys,  and  other  public  places,  and  grounds  disturbed  by  him, 
in  the  same  manner  and  like  condition  as  the  same  may  have 
been  before  excavating. 

Section  9.  Upon  the  filing  with  the  City  Council  of  the 
city  of  Paris  by  said  grantee,  his  heirs,  executors,  administrators, 
associates,  successors  and  assigns,  of  the  written  consent  of  the 
owners  of  a majority  of  the  property  abutting  upon  any  alley 
or  street  in  the  said  city  of  Paris,  not  herein  named,  all  the 
rights,  privileges,  and  immunities  herein  granted  shall  become 
operative  on  such  streets  and  alleys,  and  the  said  grantee,  his 
heirs,  executors,  administrators,  associates,  successors  and 
assigns,  may  furnish  gas  on  said  streets  and  alleys  under  the 
provision  of  this  ordinance. 


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Section  10.  The  streets  and  other  public  ways  upon  which 
the  rights  and  privileges  herein  granted  may  be  exercised,  legal 
written  consents  of  the  owners  of  a majority  of  the  property 
abutting  upon  said  streets  and  alleys  having  been  filed  with  the 
City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris,  are  as  follows : 

The  alley  immediately  east  of  Main  street  and  extending 
north  and  south  from  the  first  alley  north  of  Wood  street  to  the 
Urst  alley  south  of  Court  street. 

The  alley  immediately  south  of  Court  street  and  extending 
cast  and  west  from  the  first  alley  east  of  Central  avenue,  to  the 
first  alley  west  of  Central  avenue. 

The  alley  immediately  west  of  Central  avenue  extending 
north  and  south  from  the  alley  immediately  south  of  Court 
street  to  the  alley  immediately  north  of  Wood  street. 

The  alley  immediately  north  of  Wood  street  extending  east 
and  west  from  the  alley  immediately  west  of  Central  avenue  to 
the  alley  immediately  east  of  Main  street. 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  Grandview  and  Jasper 
streets  in  the  city  of  Paris,  Edgar  county,  Illinois,  thence  east 
along  Jasper  street  to  the  alley  line  between  lots  No.  45  and  46 
in  Samuel  Utter’s  addition  to  said  city,  thence  north  along  said 
alley  to  its  north  line  between  lots  27  and  28  in  said  addition, 
thence  east  on  Carroll  street  in  said  city  to  its  intersection  on 
South  Main  street,  thence  north  on  South  Main  street  to  its  in- 


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tersection  on  Elizabeth  street,  thence  west  on  Liberty  street 
to  the  alley  lying  between  lots  10  and  11  in  said  Utter’s 
addition  thence  north  on  said  alley  to  the  center  of  Court  street 
in  said  city. 

Section  11.  The  grantee  herein  shall  pay  all  costs  and  ex- 
penses arising  out  of  the  enactment  and  publication  of  this 
ordinance. 

Section  12.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect 
at  the  earliest  possible  period  allowed  by  law  after  its  legal  pas- 
sage and  acceptance  by  the  grantee  under  its  provisions. 

FRANCHISE 

Terre  Haute  & Western  Railway  Company  Franchise  for  East  Wood 

Street. 

(Passed  Aug.  23,  1907.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of 
Paris,  Permission  and  authority  is  hereby  granted  and 
given  to  the  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Company,  a 
corporation  organized  and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  state 
of  Illinois,  with  its  principal  office  at  the  city  of  Paris  in  said 
state,  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns  for  the  term 
of  fifty  years  from  and  after  the  7th  day  of  January,  1907,  to 
lay  a single  track  of  railway  line,  with  all  necessary  and  conven- 
ient tracks  for  turnouts,  side  tracks,  and  switches,  and  all  con- 
venient switches  from  said  track  onto  adjacent  property  used 


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for  station  purposes  in,  upon  and  along  Wood  street  in  said  city 
of  Paris,  from  the  eastern  end  thereof  westward  to  the  west  line 
of  High  Street  and  that  part  of  the  Clinton  Road  embraced 
within  the  area  of  a strip  twenty-five  feet  of  equal  width  adja- 
cent to  and  on  the  north  side  of  the  center  line  of  the  Terre 
Haute  and  Western  Railway  Company’s  right  of  way,  as  now 
located  and  surveyed,  and  to  keep  and  maintain  and  use  and  op- 
erate thereon  during  said  period,  street  railway  cars  and  in- 
terurban  railway  cars  in  the  manner  and  upon  the  conditions 
hereinafter  prescribed. 

Section  2.  All  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  of  uniform 
gauge — four  feet,  eight  and  one-half  inches — and  where  single 
track  is  laid  upon  said  streets-  herein  authorized  each  rail  of  such 
single  tracks  shall  be  of  equal  distance  from  the  central  line  of 
the  street  upon  which  the  same  is  constructed,  as  near  as  is  prac- 
tical. Where  switches  or  turn  outs  are  constructed  the  inside 
rails  of  each  track  shall  be  laid  as  closely  together  as  practical 
for  the  operation  of  the  railway,  in  no  case  exceeding  six  feet 
apart,  and  the  said  inside  rail  of  either  track  shall  be  of  equal 
distance  from  the  central  line  of  the  street  upon  which  such 
switches  or  turn  outs  are  constructed,  as  near  as  is  practical 
and  turn  outs  shall  be  no  greater  in  length  than  is  necessary  for 
the  effective  operation  of  the  railway,  not  exceeding  three  hun- 
dred and  fifty  feet.  At  all  places  where  it  is  necessary  to  con- 
struct curves  on  account  of  a change  of  direction  or  for  the  pur- 
pose of  connecting  different  lines,  or  at  power  and  storage 


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houses  of  said  company,  or  for  any  purpose  whatever,  such 
curves  shall  be  made  on  a radius  which  will  cause  the  least  in- 
jury to  the  streets  and  public  areas  and  private  property,  consis- 
tent with  the  effective  operation  of  the  road,  provided  that  all 
tracks  as  hereinabove  set  forth  shall  be  laid  under  the  supervis- 
ion of  the  city  engineer. 

Section  3.  All  tracks  of  said  railway  shall  be  laid  on  the 
existing  grade  of  all  streets  and  street  intersections  that  are  now 
or  hereafter  may  be  paved  and  on  all  streets  and  street  intersec- 
tions that  are  not  now  paved,  such  tracks  shall  be  laid  on  a 
grade  to  be  fixed  by  the  City  Council,  which  grade  shall  be  as 
near  as  is  practical  to  that  which  the  streets  and  street  intersec- 
tions would  have  when  paved.  The  top  rail  of  all  tracks  shall 
be  laid  even  with  the  top  surface  of  such  grades  in  such  manner 
as  will  admit  of  the  easy  and  safe  passage  of  vehicles  over,  upon 
and  along  such  tracks  and  in  such  manner  as  will  admit  the 
free  flow  of  water  over,  upon  and  along  such  tracks,  and  into 
the  latterals,  inlets,  sewers,  culverts,  and  across  gutters  and 
admit  of  the  free  flow  of  water  upon  streets  and  street  inter- 
sections. All  trolley  wires  and  cross  wfires  shall  be  well 
and  firmly  constructed  and  shall  he  at  least  18  feet 
in  height  above  the  top  grade  of  all  streets  and  street  intersec- 
tions and  public  areas  upon  which  the  same  are  constructed  and 
maintained.  All  cross  ties  shall  be  laid  so  that  the  same  will  not 
injure  or  interfere  with  the  surface  of  the  streets,  nor  any  pave- 
ment or  improvement  thereon ; wdiere  tracks,  switches,  turnouts, 


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and  curves  are  constructed  upon  streets  and  street  intersections 
which  are  not  paved,  said  railway  company  shall  ballast  all 
tracks  with  six  inches  of  gravel  under  the  ties  and  between  the 
ties,  and  shall  fill  in  between  the  rails  and  for  eighteen  inches 
on  the  outside  thereof  with  crushed  stone,  coarse  gravel  or  such 
other  material  as  to  make  the  surface  conform  to  the  balance  of 
the  street  on  which  such  tracks  are  laid,  said  material  to  be 
thoroughly  packed  by  proper  tamping  and  rolling ; where  tracks, 
switches,  curves,  and  turnouts  are  constructed  upon  public 
streets  and  street  intersections  which  are  now  or  hereafter  may 
be  paved,  said  Railway  Company  shall  lay  such  tracks  upon  a 
bed  of  concrete  six  inches  in  depth  and  for  the  full  width  of 
such  tracks,  so  as  to  provide  a good,  substantial  foundation  for 
such  paving. 

All  tracks  laid  in  paved  streets  and  street  intersections  shall 
be  constructed  of  Shanghai  tee  rails  of  weight  not  less  than 
seventy  pounds  per  lineal  yard  and  all  tracks  laid  in  unpaved 
streets  and  street  intersections  shall  be  constructed  of  standard 
rails  of  weight  not  less  than  seventy  pounds  per  lineal  yard. 

Section  4.  The  said  railway  company  shall  keep  in  good 
order  and  repair  the  streets  between  the  rails  and  eighteen 
inches  on  the  outside  of  each  rail  where  a single  track  is  used 
and  between  rails,  between  tracks  and  for  eighteen  inches  on 
the  outside  rail  of  such  tracks  where  double  track  is  used,  so  as 
at  all  times  to  correspond  with  the  street  outside,  and  shall  keep 
all  poles,  cross  arms,  wires,  supports  and  other  appliances  by  it 
used  in  good  order  and  repair,  and  shall  keep  all  poles  and  ap- 
purtenances well  and  properly  painted. 


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If  the  grade  of  any  street  or  any  part  thereof  upon  which 
tracks  are  constructed  shall  be  changed,  said  railway  company 
shall  at  its  own  expense  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  man- 
ner raise  or  lower  the  grade  of  that  portion  of  the  street  which 
it  maintains  as  hereinabove  set  forth,  together  with  all  tracks 
laid  therein,  so  that  the  same  shall  conform  with  such  change  of 
grade  it  being  the  intention  that  said  company  shall  in  no  case 
be  required  to  make  such  change  at  its  own  expense  and  pay  in 
addition  thereto  a proportion  of  any  special  assessment. 

Should  any  street  over  and  upon  which  tracks  are  construct- 
ed be  paved  or  improved  in  any  manner,  then  said  company  shall 
hear  its  portion  in  the  same  manner  as  the  balance  of  the  ex- 
pense at  the  same  time  the  said  street  is  paved  or  improved,  pro- 
vided that  said  company  shall  not  be  required  to  pay  for  paving 
or  improving  any  street  prior  to  the  construction  of  such  tracks 
authorized  herein;  or  should  any  streets  over  and  upon  which 
such  tracks  are  laid  be  repaved  or  improved  in  any  manner, 
then  said  company  shall  bear  its  proportionate  share  of  the  ex- 
pense of  such  repaving  or  improvement  at  the  same  time  and  in 
the  same  manner  that  the  remainder  of  said  street  is  repaved  or 
improved. 

If  any  of  the  track  of  said  company  shall  be  laid  on  a street 
already  paved,  said  company  shall  at  its  own  expense  and  cost, 
replace  such  pavement  in  as  good  condition  as  practical  with 
the  same  or  like  material,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  city  engineer. 

The  said  Railway  Company,  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees 
or  assigns  shall  before  any  pavement  is  torn  up  for  the  purpose  of 


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laying  tracks,  pay  to  the  then  owners  of  the  property  so  abutting 
on  that  part  or  parts  of  said  streets  where  tracks  are  to  be  laid, 
an  amount  of  money  equal  to  the  cost  of  the  pavement  so  occu- 
pied by  the  tracks  of  said  company  in  proportion  to  what  each 
property  owner  was  assessed  or  had  to  pay,  if  the  said  pavement 
was  laid  by  special  assessment  or  special  taxation  upon  such 
abutting  property.  If  the  pavement  was  paid  for  by  general 
taxation,  then  the  said  money  shall  be  paid  to  the  city,  and  for 
all  pavement  taken  up  on  intersecting  streets  the  cost  thereof 
shall  be  paid  to  the  city. 

Section  5.  The  said  railway  company  shall  commence  the 
construction  of  said  street  railway  within  six  months  from  the 
the  date  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  and  shall  complete  the 
same  over  that  part  of  said  street  desired  to  be  used  by  said  rail- 
way company  and  have  cars  regularly  running  thereon,  within 
twelve  months  from  said  date,  unless  prevented  by  order  or  in- 
junction of  court  or  other  cause  beyond  its  control,  or  unless  the 
City  Council  shall  by  ordinance  grant  further  extension  of 
time,  and  on  failure  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  sec- 
tion within  the  time  herein  specified,  the  City  Council,  at  its 
option,  may  forfeit  all  rights  and  privileges  herein  granted ; but 
provided  that  if  said  company  is  delayed  in  construction  of  such 
railway  by  injunction,  or  unavoidable  causes  as  aforesaid,  the 
time  of  such  delay  shall  be  given  such  company  over  and  above 
the  time  given  by  this  section  for  the  completion  of  said  line 
of  street  railway. 


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Section  6.  The  city  of  Paris  hereby  reserves  the  right  to 
make  any  and  all  public  or  local  improvements  in,  under  and 
over  streets,  street  intersections  and  public  areas  of  said  city  oc- 
cupied by  tracks,  switches,  turn  outs,  poles,  wires,  adjuncts  and 
appliances  of  the  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Com- 
pany and  said  company,  when  ordered  by  the  City  Council  of 
the  city  of  Paris  or  its  lawfully  constituted  committee  or  au- 
thorized officer,  shall  at  its  own  expense  remove  temporarily,, 
when  necessary,  its  tracks,  switches,  turnouts,  poles,  wires,  ad- 
juncts, and  appliances  from  the  streets,  street  intersections  or 
public  areas  for  the  purpose  of  constructing  any  such  local  or 
public  improvements  which  the  said  city  shall  desire  to  make,, 
and  when  the  same  shall  he  constructed  the  reconstruction  of  any 
matters  so  required  to  he  removed,  shall  he  done  at  the  expense 
of  said  company,  and  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris,  shall 
be  the  judge  of  the  necessity  and  extent  of  any  such  removal,, 
which  judgment  shall  be  exercised  in  a reasonable  manner  how- 
ever, and  no  such  removal  shall  be  ordered  except  in  case  of 
bona  fide  necessity,  and  then  only  to  the  extent  that  the  necessi- 
ties of  the  case  may  reasonably  require. 

Section  7.  Said  railway  company  in  making  improvements 
or  repairs  in  addition  to  keeping  the  pavement  in  repair  be- 
tween its  rails  where  pavement  is  laid  or  exists,  shall  also,  at  all 
times,  repair  all  pavements  (along  which  the  tracks  are  laid) 
outside  the  rails  where  such  pavement  becomes  defective  through 
the  fault  or  negligence  of  said  company  from  any  cause  what- 


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Section  8.  The  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway 
Company,  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns  shall 
save  and  keep  harmless  the  city  of  Paris  from  all  charges, 
damages,  costs,  and  expenses  or  less  of  every  name,  nature  or 
character  whatsoever,  on  account  of  the  rights  and  privileges 
granted  by  this  ordinance,  and  on  account  of  constructing  and 
maintaining  tracks,  turnouts,  switches,  and  curves,  the  erection 
of  the  poles,  wires,  braces,  appliance,  adjuncts  and  any  and 
every  matter  erected,  constructed  or  maintained  which  shall 
accrue  to  any  and  all  corporations,  partnerships,  property  own- 
ers or  to  the  city  of  Paris  in  any  event  or  manner  whatsoever 
and  nothing  contained  in  this  ordinance  shall  have  the  effect  to 
release  said  company  from  its  liabilities  on  account  of  its  lawful 
occupation  of  any  street,  street  intersections  or  public  areas, 
nor  from  legal  liability  from  any  account  whatever,  and  the 
rights  and  privileges  herein  granted  shall  he  subject  to  all  ordi- 
nances, rules  and  regulations  of  a police  nature  which  exists,  or 
shall  hereafter  he  passed,  governing  or  controlling  the  operation 
of  street  and  interurban  railroads,  or  the  constructing  and  main- 
taining of  tracks,  switches,  turnouts,  curves,  poles,  braces,  cross 
arms,  supports,  wires,  fixtures,  and  adjuncts. 

Section  9.  The  cars  to  he  used  by  said  railway  company 
shall  be  operated  with  electrical  power,  compressed  air,  gaso- 
line or  such  other  improved  power  as  the  City  Council  of  the 
city  of  Paris  may  approve,  provided,  that  steam  power  shall 
never  be  used,  and  provided  further,  that  animal  power  may  he 


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used  in  case  of  accident,  repairs,  or  change  of  equipment;  and 
provided  further,  that  hand  cars  or  other  service  cars  of  the 
company,  may  be  operated  by  any  power  except  steam  power ; it 
is  further  provided  that  when  the  cars  are  operated  by  electri- 
cal power,  said  railway  company  may  use  a trolley  system  with 
either  single  or  double  trolley  wire. 

No  car  shall  be  operated  or  run  or  suffered  to  be  in  motion 
unless  the  same  is  in  charge  of  a competent  person,  and  the  per- 
son or  persons  in  charge  of  any  such  car  shall  use  all  reasonable 
and  proper  care  and  caution  in  the  operation  of  such  car  for 
the  safety  of  passengers  and  shall  not  leave  his  brake  or  stand,  ex- 
cept in  cases  of  emergency,  when  his  car  is  moving  at  a higher 
rate  of  speed  than  three  miles  an  hour  or  approaching  a steam 
railway  crossing. 

The  said  company  shall  cause  all  regular  passenger,  freight, 
and  express  cars,  that  shall  operate  or  run  upon  any  track  or 
tracks,  it  is  authorized  to  construct  or  maintain,  to  be  numbered 
and  all  such  cars  shall  before  they  are  operated  or  run  have 
painted  or  placed  upon  them  in  a conspicuous  place  such 
number. 

Section-  10.  The  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway 
Company  in  operating  its  cars,  carriages  or  vehicles,  for  the  car- 
riage of  passengers,  mail,  and  express,  may  require  such  pas- 
sengers to  pay  fare  of  not  exceeding  five  cents  (5)  for  one  con- 
tinuous passage  in  the  same  general  direction  from  any  regular 
stop  where  such  passenger  may  enter  such  car,  carriage,  or 


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'vehicle  to  any  regular  stop  where  said  passenger  may  desire  to 
go  on  the  lines  of  said  company  within  the  city  limits.  Said 
•company  shall  operate  and  run  cars,  carriages,  or  vehicles  for 
the  carriage  of  passengers  over  and  upon  all  lines  constructed 
•or  maintained,  at  such  reasonable  time  for  the  use  of  the  pub- 
lic as  is  consistent  with  its  operation  for  the  purpose  of  its  or- 
ganization. 

Section  11.  It  is  expressively  provided  that  in  no  event 
shall  such  freight  as  live  stock,  coal,  stone,  or  other  objection- 
able freight  in  bulk,  that  is  not  carried  in  nicely  painted,  en- 
closed and  unobjectionable  cars,  be  carried  over  said  tracks  in 
said  city  except  between  the  hours  of  eleven  (11)  o’clock  p.  m. 
and  five  oclock  a.  m.  and  that  poultry,  small  live  stock  and  such 
-other  freight  as  may  be  regularly  carried  by  said  company,  its 
successors,  lessees,  grantees  and  assigns,  between  the  hours 
of  five  (5)  o’clock  a.  m.  and  eleven  (11)  o’clock  p.  m.  shall 
be  transported  in  either  the  regular  passenger  cars  or  such  in- 
terurban  railway  cars  as  resemble  passenger  cars  in  appearance 
as  nearly  as  practicable,  or  as  may  be  used  in  other  cities  and 
towns  on  the  lines  of  interurban  railroads  connecting  with  the 
lines  of  said  company  and  operated  in  connection  therewith,  as 
above  provided.  No  such  cars  shall  be  run  in  trains  of  more 
than  one  motor  car  and  one  trailer,  and  such  cars  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  such  regulations  of  a police  nature  as  may  be  hereafter 
made  by  the  City  Council  of  the  said  city  of  Paris  by  ordi- 


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It  is  further  expressly  provided  that  no  car  or  cars  carrying 
freight  or  express  matter,  other  than  regular  passenger  cars, 
shall  be  run  into  and  through  said  city  on  any  Sunday  between 
the  hours  of  six  (6)  o’clock  a.  m.  and  twelve  (12)  o’clock  mid- 
night, except  in  cases  of  emergency  and  upon  consent  of  the 
mayor  of  said  city,  to  he  granted  upon  application  therefor. 

Section  12.  Said  company  shall  not  suffer  or  permit  any 
car  to  stand  upon  the  track  or  tracks  when  not  in  use  at  any 
point  throughout  the  entire  route  of  all  tracks  of  said  company 
within  the  city  limits,  nor  at  any  terminal  point  longer  than 
fifteen  (15)  minutes,  except  in  case  of  accident,  and  no  car 
shall  be  stopped  on  any  sidewalk  crossing  in  such  manner  as 
will  impede  or  obstruct  travel  thereon,  except  to  receive  and 
discharge  passengers  at  the  intersecting  crossings;  and  other- 
wise all  cars  shall  pass  over  all  street  intersections  or  crossings 
before  the  same  are  stopped.  All  cars,  when  in  use,  shall  be 
kept  well  and  properly  heated  in  cold  weather  and  well  and 
properly  lighted  at  night.  Banners,  flags  and  other  matters, 
calculated  to  freighten  animals  shall  not  be  attached  to  or  dis- 
played upon  such  cars,  provided,  however,  said  company  shall 
have  the  right  to  carry  the  usual  small  flags  attached  to  its 
cars  in  the  usual  manner  for  signal  purposes. 

There  shall  be  placed  upon  all  cars,  gongs  or  alarms,  of  prop- 
er and  sufficient  size  to  warn  the  people  of  the  approach  of  said 
cars  for  a distance  of  at  least  one  hundred  (100)  feet  and  such 
gongs,  or  alarms  shall  be  sounded  at  least  thirty  (30)  feet  be- 


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fore  said  cars  approach  said  intersections,  sidewalks,  and  cross- 
ings and  all  other  places  where  it  shall  be  necessary  or  prudent 
to  cause  such  alarms  to  be  given.  All  cars  shall  be  provided  with 
fenders  or  pilots  of  an  approved  type.  Said  company’s  cars 
shall  not  pass  through,  nor  unnecessarily  hinder,  delay,  or  in 
any  manner  interfere  with  funeral  processions  nor  the  city  tire 
department,  and  such  cars  shall  be  so  operated  as  will  not  un- 
necessarily interfere  with  the  general  uses  of  the  streets  and 
public  areas,  nor  any  lawful  procession  moving  thereon. 

Section  13.  The  cars  of  said  company  shall  be  entitled  to 
the  tracks  and  in  all  cases  where  a team  or  vehicle  shall  meet  or 
be  overtaken  by  a car  upon  any  of  the  street  railways  of  said 
city,  such  teams  or  vehicles  approached  shall  give  way  to  said 
car,  nor  shall  any  one  wilfully  or  maliciously  obstruct,  hinder 
or  interfere  with  any  of  said  railway  cars  by  placing,  driving 
or  stopping  in,  upon,  across,  along  or  near  the  tracks  of  said 
railway  or  any  of  them  in  said  city,  after  being  notified  by  the 
conductor  or  motorman  by  ringing  of  the  car  bells  or  otherwise, 
to  give  way  to  the  said  cars  and  whoever  shall  wilfully  violate 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  of  this  ordinance  shall,  up- 
on conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  three 
(3)  dollars,  nor  more  than  fifty  ($50.00)  dollars. 

Section  14.  The  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway 
Company,  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns,  shall 
permit  and  allow  any  other  street  railway  or  inter  urban  rail- 
way company  that  shall  use,  at  all  times,  the  same  motive  pow- 


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er,  as  the  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Company, 
its  successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns,  to  use  and  op- 
erate its  cars  over  the  above  described  line  of  railway,  upon 
such  reasonable  terms  as  shall  be  mutually  agreed  upon  be- 
tween the  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Company,  its 
successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns,  and  such  other  company 
or  companies  as  may  desire  to  operate  its  or  their  cars  over  the 
line  above  described,  provided  however,  that  such  other  com- 
pany or  companies  that  may  desire  to  use  the  aforesaid  line 
of  railway  shall  use  the  same  for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  when 
such  use  will  not  interfere  with  the  proper  operation  of  the 
said  line  of  railway  by  the  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Rail- 
way Company  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns,  and 
when  such  use  will  not  interfere  with  any  of  the  schedules  of 
the  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Company,  its  suc- 
cessors, lessees,  grantees  and  assigns,  and  provided  further,  *that 
said  company  or  companies  so  desiring  to  use  the  aforesaid 
line  of  railroad  shall  be  liable  for  any  and  all  damages  that  may 
result  to  the  said  city  of  Paris  or  to  any  other  person,  by  reason 
of  its  or  their  use  of  said  line  of  railway  for  any  damages  of 
any  kind  whatever  that  may  result  ; and  provided  further,  that 
the  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Company,  its  suc- 
cessors, lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns  shall  not,  in  any  way,  be 
liable  for  any  damage  caused  by  such  company’s  or  companies’ 
use  of  said  line  or  any  damage  or  penalty  caused  by  the  mis- 
conduct or  negligence  of  the  servants  of  such  company  or  com- 


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panies  that  may  use  said  line ; and  provided  further,  that  such 
company  or  companies  that  may  desire  to  use  said  line,  shall 
only  use  said  line  of  railroad  in  a manner  similar  to  the  use 
made  of  the  same  by  the  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Rail- 
way company,  its  successors,  lessees,  grantees,  and  assigns 
shall  agree  upon  with  such  other  company  or  companies. 

Section  15.  A violation  of  any  requirement  or  provision  of 
this  ordinance  by  said  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Com- 
pany, of  any  of  its  officers,  managers,  agents,  employes,  or  ser- 
vants or  any  person  or  persons  under  the  order  or  direction  of 
said  company  shall  subject  the  offender  to  a penalty  of  not  less 
than  three  ($3.00)  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100) 
dollars  for  each  and  every  offense  or  violation,  and  in  like  pen- 
alty for  each  and  every  twenty-four  (24)  hours  each  violation 
shall  be  persisted  in. 

Section  16.  The  Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Com- 
pany shall  within  ninety  days  after  the  passage  of  this  ordi- 
nance file  a written  acceptance  of  the  same  with  the  city  clerk 
of  the  city  of  Paris. 

Section  17.  It  is  further  ordained  that  before  the  said 
Terre  Haute  and  Western  Railway  Company, its  successors, 
lessees,  grantees  or  assigns  shall  within  sixty  days  after 
passage  of  this  ordinance  enter  into  a bond  of  ten  thousand 
($10,000.00)  dollars  with  good  and  sufficient  sureties  or  with 
some  responsible  surety  company  as  surety,  to  be  approved  by 
the  City  Council  of  said  city,  conditioned  that  said  company,  its 


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legal  representatives  or  assigns,  shall  restore  the  streets  and 
alleys,  in  which  its  said  tracks,  poles,  wires  and  all  other  appli- 
ances are  located,  to  the  same  condition  as  nearly  as  practicable, 
as  the  same  were  before  being  used  or  disturbed  by  said  com- 
pany; that  it  will  save  and  keep  harmless  the  city  of  Paris 
from  all  damages  or  claims  for  damages  occasioned  by  failure 
to  use  proper  care  in  the  use,  management  and  control  of  its 
said  lines  of  railway  and  appliances  thereto'  pertaining  in  said 
streets  or  any  of  them ; that  it  will  save  and  keep  harmless  the  said 
city  of  Paris,  from  all  damages  or  claims  for  damages  arising 
from  any  negligence,  unskillful  or  improper  construction,  or 
operation  of  any  machinery,  wires,  poles,  street  railway  lines  or 
other  appliances  owned,  used  or  controlled  by  it,  whereby  any 
person  or  corporation  is  injured,  and  that  it  shall  and  will  con- 
form to  all  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the  franchise  or  fran- 
chises granted  by  the  city  of  Paris,  under  which  it  op- 
erates and  all  other  ordinances  of  said  city,  not  inconsistent 
with  the  rights  specifically  granted  by  this  ordinance. 

Said  bond  shall  extend  for  the  full  period  of  this  franchise, 
and  said  city  by  its  Council  reserves  the  right,  at  any  time, 
whenever  by  reason  of  death  or  insolvency  of  the  sureties  on 
said  bond,  or  for  other  causes,  said  first  bond  may  not  reason- 
ably secure  and  protect  said  city,  to  require  new  or  additional 
bond  and  security  conditioned  as  aforesaid. 

Section-  18.  The  said  company  shall  provide  a suitable  and 
convenient  building  or  waiting  room  for  the  accommodation  of 


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persons  waiting  for  its  trains  or  cars,  which  said  building  or 
waiting  room  shall  be  properly  heated  in  cold  weather  and  prop- 
erly lighted  at  night,  and  shall  also  provide  one  or  more  freight 
depots,  where  freight  or  express  matter  transported  or  to  be 
transported  by  the  said  company  shall  be  received  and  deliver- 
ed and  such  accommodations  shall  be  provided  within  six  months 
after  the  operation  of  the  cars  of  said  company  within  said  city 
of  Paris  shall  have  been  begun. 

Section-  19.  The  said  company  shall  not  suffer  or  permit 
closets  in  and  upon  its  cars  to  remain  open  or  to  be  used  while 
in  the  city  limits  of  the  said  city  of  Paris.  All  regular  pas- 
senger cars  used  by  said  company  shall  be  required  to  stop  for 
the  purpose  of  taking  on  and  letting  off  passengers  at  such 
points  in  said  city  of  Paris,  as  the  City  Council  of  the  said  city 
and  said  company  may  agree  upon,  such  stops  not  to  exceed  two 
in  number  and  not  to  be  on  excessive  grades.  Provided  how- 
ever, the  foregoing  provision  shall  not  apply  to  special  or  limit- 
ed cars,  which  shall  only  be  required  to  stop  at  the  company’s 
terminal  passenger  station  in  said  city. 

Section  20.  It  is  further  ordained  that  the  franchise  right 
and  privilege  heretofore,  to-wit,  on  the  23rd  day  of  March,. 
1907,  given  to  the  said  Terre  Haute  & Western  Railway  Com- 
pany, its  successors,  grantees,  lessees  and  assigns  by  ordinance 
of  the  aforesaid  date,  is  hereby  repealed,  and  shall  henceforth 
be  of  no  force  and  effect. 

Read  and  adopted  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris 
at  a special  meeting  August  17th,  1907. 


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JAY  STREET 

(Passed  Dec.  18,  1905.) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  the  street  known  by  the  name  of  Jay  street,  in 
the  city  of  Paris,  be  named  Shaw  avenue. 


LICENSE  AND  GOVERNMENT  STAMP 

(Passed  Sept.  24,  1911.) 

Be  it  resolved  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris,  That 
hereafter  no  person,  owner,  proprietor,  partner,  firm,  partner- 
ship or  any  other  person  shall  be  given  permission  or  license 
to  operate  a pool  room,  bowling  alley,  ten  pin  alley,  shooting 
gallery  or  any  other  place  of  amusement  where  there  is  evidence 
that  such  person,  owner,  proprietor,  partner,  firm,  partnership 
or  any  other  person,  who  has  a retail  liquor  dealers’  stamp  or 
a malt  liquor  dealers’  stamp  for  the  United  States  of  America 
to  sell  intoxicating  liquor  in  the  building  where  said  license  is 
asked  for  or  any  part  thereof,  and  the  clerk  is  hereby  instruct- 
ed not  to  issue  any  license  to  any  of  the  above  described  per- 
sons, nor  to  give  a license  on  any  petition  presented  to  him,  and 
if  any  of  the  above  named  persons  have  or  hereafter  secure  a 
United  States  Revenue  Stamp  to  sell  intoxicating  liquors  while 


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they  so  have  a license  to  operate  a pool  room  or  any  of  the  above 
named  places,  said  license  shall  be  revoked  by  the  City  Council. 
I offer  the  above  resolution  and  move  its  adoption. 

HENRY  WILEY, 
Alderman  First  Precinct. 


PARIS  AND  DANVILLE  RAILROAD  COMPANY 

(Passed  August  2,  1-876. ) 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  t\he  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris , That  the  Paris  and  Danville  Railroad  Company  be 
and  are  hereby  required  and  compelled  to  keep  so  much  of  their 
railroad  tracks  and  switches  that  extend  along  Boydston  street 
in  said  city  on  a level  with  the  streets  and  so  that  said  tracks  and 
switches  may  be  crossed  at  any  place  on  said  street. 

Section  2.  That  the  said  railroad  company  shall  be  subject 
to  a penalty  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  ($10.00)  and  not  ex- 
ceeding two  hundred  dollars  ($200.00)  for  each  twenty-four 
(24)  hours  that  it  shall  neglect  or  fail  to  comply  with  any  of 
the  provisions  of  Section  1 of  this  ordinance. 

PARIS  AND  DANVILLE  RAILROAD  CONTRACT 

(Passed  —1871.) 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris , That 
the  Paris  and  Danville  Railroad  Company  is  hereby  authorized 
and  empowered  to  locate,  grade,  erect,  construct,  equip,  oper- 


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ate  and  maintain  with  cars  and  locomotives  its  railroad  with 
one  or  more  tracks,  said  tracks  and  switches  through,  along,  up- 
on and  across  any  of  the  streets  and  alleys  now  open  or  which 
may  hereafter  he  open  in  the  city  of  Paris  which  are  or  may  he 
located  west  of  West  street  in  said  city  or  upon  any  street  in 
said  city  east  of  Connelly  street. 

The  said  company  is  hereby  authorized  to  enter  upon  said 
streets  or  alleys,  or  any  of  them,  and  grade  said  railroad  in  such 
manner  as  will  be  most  convenient  to  the  interest  of  said  com- 
pany, provided  that  the  usefulness  of  said  streets  shall  not  be 
permanently  impaired  more  than  is  necessary  to  operate  and 
maintain  said  railroad,  nor  shall  they  be  obstructed  for  a longer 
period  of  time  than  may  be  necessary  to  construct  said  railroad, 
and  this  ordinance  to  be  a contract  with  said  company  upon 
their  acceptance  thereof  and  impealable  except  by  consent  of 
said  company. 

POWERS  OF  ‘CITY  COUNCIL 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  people  of  the  State  of 
Illinois , represented  in  the  General  Assembly , That  Section  1 
of  article  Y of  an  act  entitled  “An  Act  to  Provide  for  the  Incor- 
poration of  Cities  and  Villages,”  approved  April  10,  1872,  and 
in  force  July  1,  1872 ; as  amended  by  an  act  approved  and  in 
force  December  21,  1907,  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows, 
viz. : 

The  City  Council  in  cities,  and  the  president  and  the 
board  of  trustees  in  villages,  shall  have  the  following  powers : 


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First.  To  control  the  finance  and  property  of  the  opera- 
tion. 

Second.  To  appropriate  money  for  corporate  purposes  only, 
and  provide  for  payment  of  debts  and  expenses  of  the  corpora- 
tion. 

Third.  To  levy  and  collect  taxes  for  general  and  special  pur- 
poses on  real  and  personal  property. 

Fourth , To  fix  the  amount,  terms  and  manner  of  issuing 
and  revoking  licenses. 

Fifth.  To  borrow  money  on  the  credit  of  the  corporation  for 
corporate  purposes  and  issue  bonds  therefor  in  such  amounts 
and  form  and  on  such  conditions  as  it  shall  prescribe,  but  shall 
not  become  indebted  in  any  manner  or  for  any  purpose  to  an 
amount,  including  existing  indebtedness,  in  the  aggregate  to 
exceed  five  (5)  per  centum  on  the  value  of  the  taxable  prop- 
erty therein,  to  be  ascertained  by  the  last  assessment  for  the 
state  and  county  taxes  previous  to  the  incurring  of  such  indebt- 
edness ; and  before  or  at  the  time  of  incurring  any  indebtedness, 
shall  provide  for  the  collection  of  a direct  annual  tax  sufficient 
to  pay  the  interest  on  such  debt  as  it  falls  due,  and  also  to  pay 
and  discharge  the  principal  thereof  within  twenty  years  after 
constructing  (contracting)  the  same. 

Sixth.  To  issue  bonds  in  place  of  or  to  supply  means  to  meet 
maturing  bonds,  or  for  the  consolidation  or  funding  of  the 
same. 

Seventh , To  lay  out,  establish,  open,  alter,  widen,  extend, 
grade,  pave  or  otherwise  improve  streets,  alleys,  avenues,  side- 


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walks,  wharves,  parks  and  public  grounds  and  vacate  the  same. 

Eighth . To  plant  trees  upon  the  same. 

Ninth . To  regulate  the  use  of  the  same. 

Tenth.  To  prevent  and  remove  encroachments  or  obstruc- 
tions upon  the  same. 

Eleventh.  To  provide  for  the  lighting  the  same. 

Twelfth.  To  provide  for  the  cleansing  of  the  same. 

Thirteenth.  To  regulate  the  openings  therein  for  the  laying 
of  gas  or  water  mains  and  pipes  and  the  building  and  repair- 
ing of  sewers,  tunnels,  drains  and  erecting  gas  lights.  Provided , 
however,  that  any  company  heretofore  organized  under  the  gen- 
eral laws  of  this  state,  or  any  association  of  persons  organized 
or  which  may  he  hereafter  organized  for  the  purpose  of  manu- 
facturing illuminating  gas  to  supply  cities  or  villages,  or  the 
inhabitants  thereof,  with  the  same,  shall  have  the  right  by  con- 
sent of  the  common  Council  (subject  to  existing  rights)  to 
erect  gas  factories  and  lay  down  pipes  in  the  streets  or  alleys 
of  any  city  or  village  in  this  state,  subject  to  such  regulations 
as  any  such  city  or  village  may  by  ordinance  impose. 

Fourteenth , To  regulate  the  use  of  sidewalks  and  all  struc- 
tures thereunder;  and  to  require  the  owner  or  occupant  of  any 
premises  to  keep  the  sidewalks  in  front  of,  or  along  the  same, 
free  from  snow  and  other  obstructions. 

j Fifteenth % To  regulate  and  prevent  the  throwing  or  deposit- 
ing of  ashes,  offal,  dirt,  garbage,  or  other  offensive  matter  in, 


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and  to  prevent  injury  to  any  street,  avenue,  alley  or  public 
ground. 

Sixteenth.  To  provide  for  and  regulate  crosswalks,  curbs 
and  gutters. 

Seventeenth.  To  regulate  and  prevent  the  use  of  streets, 
sidewalks,  and  public  grounds  for  signs,  sign  posts,  awnings, 
awning  posts,  telegraph  poles,  horse  troughs,  racks,  posting  hand 
bills  and  advertisements. 

Eighteenth.  To  regulate  and  prohibit  the  exhibition  or  car- 
rying of  banners,  placards,  advertisements  or  hand  bills  in  the 
streets  or  public  grounds,  or  upon  the  sidewalks. 

Nineteenth.  To  regulate  and  prevent  the  flying  of  flags,  ban- 
ners or  signs  across  the  streets  or  from  the  houses. 

Twentieth.  To  regulate  traffic  and  scales  upon  the  streets, 
sidewalks  and  public  places. 

Twenty-first.  To  regulate  the  speed  of  horses  and  other  ani- 
mals, vehicles,  cars  and  locomotives  within  the  limits  of  the 
corporation. 

Twenty-second . To  regulate  the  numbering  of  houses  and 
lots. 

Twenty-third.  To  name  and  change  the  name  of  any  street, 
avenue,  alley  or  other  public  place. 

Twenty -fourth.  To  permit,  regulate  or  prohibit  the  locating, 
constructing  or  laying  a track  of  any  horse  railroad  in  any 
street,  alley  or  public  place;  but  such  permission  shall  not  be 
for  a longer  time  than  for  twenty  years. 


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Twenty -fifth,  To  provide  for  and  change  the  location,  grade 
and  crossing  of  any  railroad. 

Twenty-sixth.  To  require  railroad  companies  to  fence  their 
respective  railroads,  or  any  portion  of  the  same,  and  to  construct- 
cattle  guards,  crossings  of  streets  and  public  roads,  and  keep 
the  same  in  repair,  within  the  limits  of  the  corporation.  In 
case  any  railroad  company  shall  fail  to  comply  with  any  such 
ordinance  it  shall  be  liable  for  all  damages  the  owner  of  any 
cattle  or  horses  or  other  domestic  animal  may  sustain  by  reason 
of  injuries  thereto  while  on  the  track  of  such  railroad,  in  like 
manner  and  extent  as  under  the  general  laws  of  this  state,  rela- 
tive to  the  fencing  of  railroads ; and  actions  to  recover  such 
damages  may  he  instituted  before  any  justice  of  the  peace  or 
other  court  of  competent  jurisdiction. 

Twenty -seventh.  To  require  railroad  companies  to  keep  flag- 
men at  railroad  crossings  of  streets,  and  provide  protection 
against  injury  to  persons  and  property  in  the  use  of  such  rail- 
roads. To  compel  such  railroads  to  raise  or  lower  their  rail- 
road tracks  to  conform  to  any  grade,  which  may,  at  any  time,  he 
established  by  said  city,  and  where  such  tracks  run  lengthwise 
of  any  such  street,  alley  or  highway,  to  keep  their  railroad  tracks 
on  a level  with  the  street  surface,  and  so  that  such  tracks  may 
be  crossed  at  any  place  on  such  street,  alley  or  highway.  To  com- 
pel and  require  railroad  companies  to  make  and  keep  open 
and  to  keep  in  repair  ditches,  drains,  sewers  and  culverts  along 
and  under  their  railroad  tracks  so  that  filthy  or  stagnant  pools 


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of  water  cannot  stand  on  their  grounds  or  right  of  way,  and  so 
that  the  natural  drainage  of  adjacent  property  shall  not  he  im- 
peded. 

Twenty -eighth.  To  construct  and  keep  in  repair  bridges,  via- 
ducts, and  tunnels,  and  to  regulate  the  use  thereof. 

Twnty-nineth,  To  construct  and  keep  in  repair  culverts, 
drains,  sewers  and  cess  pools  and  to  regulate  the  use  thereof. 

Thirtieth . To  deepen,  widen,  dock,  cover,  wall,  alter  or 
change  channel  of  water  courses. 

Thirty-first . To  construct  and  keep  in  repair  canals  and 
slips  for  the  accommodation  of  commerce. 

Thirty-second . To  erect  and  keep  in  repair  public  landing 
places,  wharves,  docks  and  levees. 

Thirty -third.  To  regulate  and  control  the  use  of  public  and 
private  landing  places,  wharves,  docks  and  levees. 

Thirty-fourth.  To  control  and  regulate  the  anchorage, 
moorage  and  landing  of  all  water  craft  and  their  cargoes  with- 
in the  jurisdiction  of  the  corporation. 

Thirty -fifth.  To  license,  regulate  and  prohibit  wharf -boats, 
tugs  and  other  boats  used  about  the  harbor,  or  within  such  jur- 
isdiction. 

Thirty-sixth.  To  fix  the  rate  of  wharfage  and  dockage. 

Thirty -seventh.  To  collect  wharfage  and  dockage  from  all 
boats,  crafts  or  other  craft  landing  at  or  using  any  public  land- 
ing place,  wharf,  dock  or  levee  within  the  limits  of  the  corpora- 
tion. 


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Thirty -eighth.  To  make  regulations  in  regard  to  use  of 
harbors,  towing  of  vessels,  opening  and  passing  of  bridges. 

Thirty-ninth.  To  appoint  harbor  masters  and  define  their 
duties. 

Fortieth.  To  provide  for  the  cleansing  and  purification  of 
waters,  water-courses  and  canals,  and  the  draining  or  filling  of 
ponds  on  private  property,  whenever  necessary  to  prevent  or 
abate  nuisances. 

Forty -first.  To  license,  tax,  regulate,  suppress  and  prohibit 
hawkers,  peddlers,  pawnbrokers,  keepers  or  ordinaries,  theatri- 
cals and  other  exhibitions,  shows  and  amusements,  and  to  re- 
voke such  license  at  pleasure. 

Forty-second.  To  license,  tax  and  regulate  hackmen,  dray- 
men, omnibus  drivers,  cabmen,  porters,  expressmen,  and  all 
others  pursuing  like  occupations,  and  to  prescribe  their  compen- 
sation. 

Forty-third.  To  license,  regulate,  tax  and  restrain  runners 
for  stages,  cars,  public  houses,  or  other  things  or  persons. 

Forty-fourth.  To  license,  regulate,  tax  or  prohibit  and  sup- 
press billiard,  bagatelle,  pigeon-hole  or  any  other  tables  or  im- 
plements kept  or  used  for  a similar  purpose  in  any  place  or  pub- 
lic resort,  pin  alleys  and  ball  alleys. 

Forty-fifth.  To  suppress  bawdy  and  disorderly  houses, 
houses  of  ill  fame  or  assignation,  within  the  limits  of  the  city 
and  within  three  miles  of  the  outer  boundaries  of  the  city,  and 
also  to  suppress  gaming  and  gambling  houses,  lotteries,  and  all 


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fraudulent  devices  and  practices,  for  the  purpose  of  gaming  or 
obtaining  money  or  property ; and  to  prohibit  the  sale  or  exhibi- 
tion of  obscene  or  immoral  publications,  prints,  pictures  or  illus- 
trations. 

Forty-sixth.  To  license,  regulate  and  prohibit  the  selling  or 
giving  away  of  any  intoxicating,  malt,  vinous,  mixed  or  fer- 
mented liquor,  the  license  not  to  extend  the  municipal  year  in 
which  it  shall  he  granted,  and  to  determine  the  amount  to  he 
paid  for  such  license.  Provided,  that  the  City  Council  in  cities, 
•or  presidents  and  hoards  of  trustees  in  villages,  may  grant  per- 
mits to  druggists  for  the  sale  of  liquors  for  medicinal,  sacra- 
mental and  chemical  purposes  only,  subject  to  forfeiture,  and 
under  such  restrictions  and  regulations  as  may  he  provided  by 
ordinance.  Provided  further,  that  in  granting  licenses,  such 
corporate  authorities  shall  comply  with  whatever  general  law 
of  the  State  may  he  in  force  relative  to  the  granting  of  licenses. 

Forty -seventh.  The  foregoing  shall  not  be  construed  to  af- 
fect the  provisions  of  the  charter  of  any  literary  institution 
heretofore  granted. 

Forty-eighth.  And  the  City  Council  in  cities,  and  president 
and  hoard  of  trustees  in  villages,  shall  also  have  the  power  to 
forbid  and  punish  the  selling  or  giving  away  of  any  intoxicat- 
ing, malt,  vinous,  mixed  or  fermented  liquor  to  any  minor,  ap- 
prentice, or  servant  or  insane,  idiotic  or  distracted  person,  habi- 
tual drunkard  or  person  intoxicated. 

Forty-ninth.  To  establish  markets  and  market-houses,  and 
provide  for  the  regulation  and  use  thereof. 


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Fiftieth.  To  regulate  the  sale  of  meats,  poultry,  fish,  but- 
ter, cheese,  lard,  vegetables,  and  all  other  provisions,  and  to 
provide  for  place  and  manner  of  selling  the  same. 

Fifty -first.  To  prevent  and  punish  forestalling  and  regrat- 
ing. 

Fifty-second.  To  regulate  the  sale  of  bread  in  the  city  or  vil- 
lage; prescribe  the  weight  and  quality  of  bread  in  the  loaf. 

Fifty-third.  To  provide  for  and  regulate  the  inspection  of 
meats,  poultry,  fish,  butter,  cheese,  lard,  vegetables,  cotton,, 
flour,  meal  and  other  provisions. 

Fifty-fourth.  To  regulate  the  inspection,  weighing  and 
measuring  of  brick,  lumber,  firewood,  coal,  hay,  and  any  arti- 
cle of  merchandise. 

Fifty-fifth.  To  provide  for  the  inspection  and  sealing  of 
weights  and  measures. 

Fifty-sixth.  To  enforce  the  keeping  and  use  of  proper  weights 
and  measures  by  vendors. 

Fifty-seventh.  To  regulate  the  construction,  repairs  and 
use  of  vaults,  cisterns,  areas,  pumps,  sewers,  and  gutters. 

Fifty-eighth.  To  regulate  places  of  amusement. 

Fifty-ninth.  To  prevent  intoxication,  fighting,  quarreling,, 
dog  fights,  cock  fights,  and  all  disorderly  conduct. 

Sixtieth.  To  regulate  partition  fences  and  party  walls. 

Sixty -first.  To  prescribe  the  thickness,  strength,  and  man- 
ner of  constructing  stone,  brick  and  other  buildings  and  con- 
struction of  fire  escapes  therein. 


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Sixty-second.  The  City  Council,  and  the  president  and 
trustees  in  villages,  for  the  purpose  of  guarding  against  the 
calamities  of  fire  shall  have  power  to  prescribe  the  limits  with- 
in which  wooden  buildings  shall  not  be  erected  or  placed,  or 
repaired,  without  permission,  and  to  direct  that  all  and  any 
buildings  within  the  fire  limits,  when  the  same  shall  have  been 
damaged  by  fire,  decay  or  otherwise,  to  the  extent  of  fifty  per 
cent,  of  the  value,  shall  be  torn  down  or  removed  and  to  pre- 
scribe the  manner  of  ascertaining  such  damage. 

Sixty-third.  To  prevent  the  dangerous  construction  and 
condition  of  chimneys,  firpelaces,  hearths,  stoves,  stove-pipes, 
ovens,  boilers,  and  apparatus  used  in  and  about  any  building 
and  manufactory,  and  to>  cause  the  same  to  be  remov- 
ed or  be  placed  in  a safe  condition,  when  considered  dangerous ; 
to  regulate  and  prevent  the  carrying  on  of  manufactories  dan- 
gerous in  causing  and  prompting  (promoting)  fires;  to  prevent 
the  deposit  of  ashes  in  unsafe  places  and  to  cause  all  such  build- 
ings and  enclosures  as  may  be  in  a dangerous  state  to  be  put  in 
a safe  condition. 

Sixty-fourth.  To  erect  engine  houses,  and  provide  fire  en- 
gines, hose  carts,  hooks  and  ladders,  and  other  implements,  and 
provide  for  the  use  and  management  of  the  same  by  voluntary 
fire  companies  or  otherwise. 

Sixty-fifth.  To  regulate  and  prevent  storage  of  gunpowder, 
tar  pitch,  resin,  coal  oil,  benzine,  turpentine,  hemp,  cotton, 
nitro-glycerine,  petroleum,  or  any  of  the  products  thereof,  and 


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other  combustible  or  explosive  material,  and  the  use  of  lights 
in  stables,  shops,  and  other  places,  and  the  building  of  bon  fires ; 
also  to  regulate,  restrain  and  prohibit  the  use  of  fire  works,  fire- 
crackers, torpedoes,  Roman  candles,  sky-rockets,  and  other 
pyrotechnic  displays. 

Sixty- sixth.  To  regulate  the  police  of  the  city  or  village,  and 
pass  and  enforce  all  necessary  police  ordinances. 

Sixty-seventli.  To  provide  for  the  inspection  of  steam  boil- 
ers. 

Sixty-eighth.  To  prescribe  the  duties  and  powers  of  a su- 
perintendent of  police,  policeman  and  watchman. 

Sixty-ninth.  To  establish  and  erect  calabooses,  bridewells, 
houses  of  correction  and  workhouses  for  the  reformation  and 
confinement  of  vagrants,  idle  and  disorderly  persons,  and  per- 
sons convicted  of  violating  any  city  or  village  ordinance,  and 
make  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  same, 
and  appoint  necessary  keepers  and  assistants. 

Seventieth.  To  use  the  county  jail  for  the  confinement  or 
punishment  of  offenders,  subject  to  such  conditions  as  are  im- 
posed by  law  and  with  the  consent  of  the  county  board. 

Seventy -first.  To  provide  by  ordinance  in  regard  to  the  re- 
lation between  all  the  officers  and  employes  of  the  corpora- 
tion in  respect  to  each  other,  the  corporation  and  the  people. 

Seventy-second.  To  prevent  and  suppress  riots,  routs,  af- 
frays, noises,  disturbances,  disorderly  assemblies  in  any  public 
or  private  place. 


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Seventy -third.  To  prohibit  and  punish  cruelty  to  animals. 

Seventy -fourth.  To  restrain  and  punish  vagrants,  mendi- 
cants and  prostitutes. 

Seventy-fifth.  Tfr  declare  what  shall  be  a nuisance,  and  to 
abate  the  same ; and  to  impose  fines  upon  parties  who  may 
create,  continue  or  suffer  nuisances  to  exist. 

Seventy -sixth.  To  appoint  a board  of  health,  and  prescribe 
its  powers  and  duties. 

Seventy-seventh.  To  erect  and  establish  hospitals  and  medi- 
cal dispensaries,  and  to  regulate  hospitals,  medical  dispensaries, 
sanitariums  and  undertaking  establishments,  and  to  direct  the  lo- 
cation thereof. 

Seventy -eighth.  To  do  all  acts,  make  all  regulations  which 

may  he  necessary  or  expedient  for  the  promotion  of  health  or 
the  suppression  of  disease. 

Seventy -ninth.  To  establish  and  regulate  cemetaries  with- 
in or  without  the  corporation,  and  acquire  lands  therefore 
(therefor),  by  purchase  or  otherwise,  and  cause  cemetaries  to 
he  removed,  and  prohibit  their  establishment  within  one  mile 
of  the  corporation. 

Eightieth.  To  regulate,  restrain  and  prohibit  the  running 
at  large  of  horses,  cattle,  swine,  sheep,  gouts,  geese  and  dogs, 
and  to  impose  a tax  on  dogs. 

Eighty -first.  To  direct  the  location  and  regulate  the  manage- 
ment and  construction  of  packing  houses,  renderies,  tallow 


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chandleries,  bone  factories,  soap  factories,  and  tanneries,  with- 
in the  limits  of  the  city  or  village,  and  within  the  distance  of 
one  mile  without  the  city  or  village  limits. 

Eighty-second.  To  direct  the  location  and  regulate  the  use 
and  construction  of  breweries,  distilleries,  livery,  boarding  or 
sale  stables,  blacksmith  shops,  foundries,  machine  shops,  gar- 
ages, laundries  and  bathing  beaches,  within  the  limits  of  the 
city  or  village. 

Eighty-third.  To  prohibit  any  offensive  or  unwholesome 
business  or  establishment  within  or  within  one  mile  of  the  lim- 
its of  the  corporation. 

Eighty -fourth.  To  compel  the  owner  of  any  grocery,  cellar, 
soap  or  tallow,  chandelry,  tannery,  stable,  pig-sty,  privy,  sewer 
or  other  unwholesome  or  nauseous  house  or  place,  to  cleanse, 
abate,  or  remove  the  same,  and  to  regulate  the  location  there- 
of. 

Eighty-fifth . The  City  Council  or  trustees  of  a village,  shall 
have  power  to  provide  for  the  taking  of  the  city  or  village  cen- 
sus ; but  no  city  or  village  census  shall  be  taken  by  authority  of 
the  Council  or  trustees  oftener  than  once  in  three  years. 

Eighty-sixth.  To  provide  for  the  erection  and  care  of  all 
public  buildings  necessary  for  the  use  of  the  city  or  village. 

Eighty -seventh.  To  establsh  ferries,  toll  bridges  and  license 
and  regulate  the  same,  and  from  time  to  time  to  fix  tolls  there- 
on. 

Eighty -eighth.  To  authorize  the  construction  of  mills,  mill 
races,  and  feeders  on,  through  or  across  the  streets  of  the  city 


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or  village,  at  such  places  and  under  such  restriction  as  they  shall 
-deem  proper. 

Eighty -ninth.  The  City  Council  shall  have  power,  by  con- 
demnation or  otherwise,  to  extend  any  street,  alley  or  highway 
over  or  across  or  to  construct  any  sewer  under  or  through  any 
railroad  track,  right-of-way  or  land  of  any  railroad  company 
(within  the  corporate  limits)  but  where  no  compensation  is  made 
to  such  railroad  company  the  city  shall  restore  such  railroad  track, 
right  of  way  or  land  to  its  former  state,  or  in  a sufficient  man- 
ner not  to  have  impaired  its  usefulness. 

Ninetieth.  The  City  Council  or  board  of  trustees  shall 
have  no  power  to  grant  the  use  of  or  the  right  to  lay  down  any 
railroad  tracks  in  any  street  of  the  city  to  any  steam,  dummy, 
electric,  cable,  horse,  or  other  railroad  company,  whether  the 
same  shall  be  incorporated  under  any  general  or  special  law  of 
the  state,  now  are  hereafter  in  force,  except  upon  the  petition 
of  the  owners  of  the  land  representing  more  than  one  half  of 
the  frontage  of  the  street,  or  so  much  thereof  as  is  sought  to 
be  used  for  railroad  purposes,  and  when  the  street  or  part  there- 
of sought  to  be  used  shall  be  more  than  one  mile  in  extent,  no 
petition  of  land  owners  shall  be  valid  unless  the  same  shall  be 
signed  by  the  owners  of  the  land  representing  more  than  one- 
half  of  the  frontage  of  each  mile  and  of  the  fraction  of  a mile, 
if  any  in  excess  of  the  whole  miles  measuring  from  the  initial 
point  named  in  such  petition  of  such  street  or  of  the  part;  there- 
of, sought  to  be  used  for  railroad  purposes. 


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Ninety-first.  To  tax,  license  and  regulate  auctioneers,  dis- 
tillers, breweries,  lumber  yards,  livery  stables,  public  scales, 
money  changers  and  brokers. 

Ninety-second.  To  prevent  and  regulate  the  rolling  of 
hoops,  playing  of  ball,  flying  of  kites,  or  any  other  amusement 
or-  practice  having  a tendency  to  annoy  persons  passing  in  the 
streets  or  on  the  sidewalks,  or  to  freighten  teams  and  horses. 

Ninety -third.  To  regulate  and  prohibit  the  keeping  of  any 
lumber  or  coal  yard,  and  the  placing  or  piling  or  selling  any 
lumber,  timber,  wood,  coal,  or  other  combustible  material 
within  the  fire  limits  of  the  city. 

Ninety -fourth.  To  provide  by  ordinance,  that;  all  the  paper, 
printing  stationary,  blanks,  fuel,  and  all  the  supplies  needed 
for  the  use  of  the  city,  shall  be  furnished  by  contract,  let  to  the 
lowest  bidder. 

Ninety-fifth.  To  tax,  license,  and  regulate  second-hand  and 
junk  stores  and  yards,  and  to  forbid  their  purchasing  or  receiv- 
ing from  miners  without  the  written  consent  of  their  parents 
or  guardians,  any  article  whatsoever,  and  to  direct  the  loca- 
tion thereof. 

Ninety -sixth.  To  direct,  license  and  control  all  wagons  and 
other  vehicles  conveying  loads  within  the  city,  or  any  particu- 
lar class  of  such  wagons,  and  other  vehicles,  and  prescribe  the 
width  and  tire  of  the  same,  the  license  fee  when  collected  to 
be  kept  as  a separate  fund  and  used  only  for  paying  the  cost  and 
expense  of  street  or  alley,  improvement  or  repair. 


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Ninety -Seventh.  To  acquire,  in  the  manner  now  or  hereaf- 
ter provided  by  law  for  the  taking  of  private  property  for  pub- 
lic use,  private  lands  bordering  upon  the  public  or  navigable 
waters,  useful,  desirable  or  advantagious  for  bathing  beaches 
and  recreation  piers. 

Ninety -eighth.  To  pass  all  ordinances,  rules,  and  make  all 
regulations,  proper  or  necessary,  to  carry  into  effect  the  pow- 
ers granted  to  cities  or  villages,  with  such  fines  or  penalties  as 
the  City  Council  or  hoard  of  trustees  shall  deem  proper.  Pro- 
vided, no  fine  or  penalty  shall  exceed  $200.00,  and  no  im- 
prisonment shall  exceed  six  months  for  one  offense. 

RESOLUTION 

(Passed  Dec.  4,  1911.) 

Be  it  resolved  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris , 
That  the  hoard  of  health  he  instructed  to  enforce  all 
the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  state  hoard  of  health 
in  the  city  of  Paris,  that  they  are  hereby  instructed 
(that  is  to  say,  the  board  of  health  of  the  city  of 
Paris)  to  inspect  all  houses  where  diseases  known  as  con- 
sumption, tuberculosis,  small-pox  or  other  infectious  or  pesti- 
lential disease  is  known  or  brought  to  their  attention,  and  have 
the  same  fumigated  and  thoroughly  disinfected  according  to 
the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  state  board  of  health. 

Be  it  resolved  further  that  the  said  board  of  health  are  here- 
by instructed  to  inspect  all  slaughter  houses,  butcher  shops, 


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groceries  and  bakeries  in  the  city  of  Paris,  and  see  that  the  same 
are  kept  in  a healthful  condition,  and  any  place  that  they  find  is 
not  so  kept  in  a healthful  and  clean  condition,  said  board  of 
health  are  requested  to  report,  the  same  at  once  to  the  city  mar- 
shal and  city  attorney,  to  be  prosecuted  according  to  law. 

Be  it  further  resolved,  that  a copy  of  this  resolution  be  fur- 
nished to  the  president  and  secretary  of  the  board  of  health  by 
the  city  clerk  of  the  city  of  Paris.  The  said  board  of  health 
are  hereby  instructed  to  enforce  this  resolution. 

I,  Dr.  W.  J.  Chittick,  hereby  offer  the  above  resolution  and 
move  its  adoption. 


RESOLUTION  OF  THANKS  TO  CARNEGIE 

“Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Paris , 
That  we  hereby  tender  Andrew  Carnegie,  Esq.,  our  very  hearty 
thanks  in  behalf  of  the  city  of  Paris  for  his  generous  offer  to  give 
the  city  of  Paris  eighteen  thousand  dollars  ($18,000)  for  the 
erection  of  a free  public  library  building. 

“Be  it  further  resolved  that  we  accept  Mr.  Carnegie’s  offer 
and  also  accept  the  condition  he  names,  and  hereby  pledge  the 
city  of  Paris  to  support  a free  public  library  at  a cost  of  not 
less  than  eighteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,800.00)  per  year,  and 
further  pledge  the  city  of  Paris  to  provide  a suitable  site  for 
the  erection  of  the  said  free  public  library  building.” 


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Adopted  by  the  City  Council,  March  27th,  1902. 

State  of  Illinois,  | 

Edgar  County,  /■ 

City  of  Paris.  J 

This  is  to  certify  that  the  above  is  a true  copy  of  the  resolu- 
tion passed  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris,  111.,  March 
27th,  all  aldermen  being  present  and  all  voting  aye. 

Witness  our  hands,  this  27th  day  of  March,  1902. 

W.  B.  LOGAN,  Z.  T.  BAUM, 

Clerk.  Mayor. 

REPEALING  ORDINANCES 

(Passed  Jan.  1,  1912.) 

DRAM  SHOPS 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city  of  Paris,  That 
chapter  ten  (10)  on  page  99  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  the 
city  of  Paris,  passed  June  5,  1899,  and  each  section  thereof,  is 
and  the  same  are  hereby  repealed. 

FISH 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  That  Section  one  (1),  of  Chapter  fifteen  (15)  of  the 
revised  ordinances  of  1899  of  the  city  of  Paris,  is  and  the  same 
is  hereby  repealed. 

TREES 

Section  1.  Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  the  city 
of  Paris,  That  Section  eighty-four  (84),  Chapter  twenty  (20) 
of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1899  of  the  city  of  Paris,  is  and  the 
same  is  hereby  repealed. 


Passed  and  approved  this  1st  day  of  January,  1912. 

FRED  BABER,  Mayor. 
HOWARD  A.  ARCHER,  City  Clerk. 


State  of  Illinois,  f 
Edgar  County,  /■ 

City  of  Paris,  J 

I,  Howard  A.  Archer,  city  clerk  of  the  city  of  Paris,  Edgar 
county,  Illinois,  do  hereby  certify  the  foregoing  ordinance  en- 
titled “An  Ordinance  for  the  revising  and  codifying  of  general 
ordinances  of  the  city  of  Paris,”  was  passed  and  adopted  by 
the  City  Council  of  said  city  at  a regular  meeting  thereof,  on 
the  1st  day  of  January,  1912;  that  the  same  was  duly  deposit- 
ed in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  of  said  city  on  the  1st  day  of 
January,  1912,  and  was  duly  signed  and  approved  by  the  mayor 
of  said  city;  that  the  foregoing  is  a true  and  correct  copy  of 
said  ordinance,  and  that  the  same  is  published  in  hook  or 
pamphlet  form  under  the  direction  and  by  the  authority  of  the 
City  Council  of  said  city. 

(Seal) 


HOWARD  A.  ARCHER, 
City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Paris. 


INDEX 

TO  THE 

GENERAL  ORDINANCES 


ADDITIONS.  Page. 

Must  correspond  with  established  streets 5 

AMUSEMENTS. 

License  and  regulation  of  7 

AMUSEMENTS  ON  SUNDAY. 

To  prohibit  the  disturbance  of  peace  on  Sunday 10 

AMUSEMENT  PLACE. 

To  prohibit  places  of  amusement  open  on  Sunday 11 

ANIMALS. 

To  prohibit  over-riding  and  driving 22 

Hauling — dead,  etc 22 

To  prohibit  leaving  animals  unfastened  24 

To  prohibit  indecent  exhibition 24 

ANIMALS  AND  POUNDS. 

Restraining  animals  from  running  at  large,  and  providing 

pound  11 

ANNEXATION  ORDINANCE. 

Annexing  certain  territory  to  the  city  of  Paris 235 — 237 

Annexation  petition  238 

ARREST. 

Proceedure  at  night 24 

ASSAULT. 

To  prohibit  fights  and  affrays 26 

ASSEMBLE 

Unlawful  assembling  of  persons  25 

Punishing  persons  who  permit  unlawful  assemblage  25 

ASSISTING— ACCESSORY. 

To  prohibit  the  aiding  or  abetting  of  a misdemeanor...  26 

ATTEMPT  TO  COMMIT  OFFENSE. 

Providing  a penalty  for  any  one  to  attempt  to  commit  an 
offense  27 

AUTOMOBILES. 

To  regulate  the  speed  of  traffic  etc 27 

To  prohibit  jumping  on  and  off  of 28 

To  prohibit  standing  on  streets  216 


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AUCTIONS  AND  AUCTIONEERS.  Page. 

License  to  auction  and  regulating  the  sale  of  certain 

articles  at  auction  sales 31 

AWNINGS 

Regulating  height  of  etc 29 

BAIL. 

Granting  permission  to  give  bail  etc 35 

BALL  PLAYING  UPON  STREETS  ETC. 

To  prohibit,  etc.,  on  streets 35 

BARBED  WIRE  FENCE. 

To  prohibit  erection  of 36 

BICYCLES. 

To  prohibit  riding  on  streets 36 

To  regulate  the  riding  of  on  sidewalks 37 

BILLIARD  ROOMS. 

To  regulate  and  license 38 

BILLS— POSTING  ETC. 

To  prohibit  posting  of  bills  without  consent  of  owner 37 

BIRDS — KILLING  ETC. 

To  prohibit  the  killing  of  birds,  etc.  and  molesting  of  fruit 
trees  41 

BOYDSTON  STREET. 

Flagman  245 

BOY'S. 

To  prohibit  -boys  from  loitering  on  streets,  etc 42 

BROKERS. 

License 232 

BUENA  VISTA  STREET  GRADE. 

Providing  grade,  etc 241 

BUILDING  PERMIT. 

Requiring  permit  from  Council  to  erect  building,  etc 43 

BURGLAR  TOOLS. 

To  prohibit  persons  to  have  in  their  possession 43 

BUTCHERS— GROCERS— ETC. 

To  prohibit  the  sale  of  unwholesome  food  in  the  city  of 
Paris  44 

CARS. 

Getting  -on  or  off  107 


INDEX 


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CARNEGIE,  ANDREW.  Page. 

Resolution  of  thanks 338 

CENTRAL  UNION  TELEPHONE  CO. 

Franchise  of  296 

CITY  ATTORNEY. 

Regulating  and  prescribing  duties  of 69 

To  file  statement  of  cause  of  action  203 

CITY  CLERK. 

Prescribing  duties  of  city  clerk 62 

CITY  COUNCIL. 

Regulating  the  mode  of  business,  its  meetings,  duties  of 
committees  and  prescribing  rules 46 

CITY  ENGINEER. 

Establishing  office  of  and  prescribing  duties  of 60 

CITY  OFFICERS. 

Prescribing  duties,  salaries  and  bonds  to  be  given  by  city 
officers  55 

CLEMENGER,  H.  G. 

Franchise  297 

COLLECTOR— APPOINTMENT. 


Appointment  of  city  collector  and  prescribing  his  duties..  65 — 70 


CONCEALED  WEAPONS. 

To  prohibit  carrying  of 66 

CONGREGATIONS— DISTURBING. 

To  prohibit  the  disturbing  of  meetings 65 

COURT  STREET. 

Flagman  246 

CURFEW  ORDINANCE. 

To  prohibit  persons  under  14  years  from  being  on  streets 

after  certain  hours 66 

DISORDERLY  CONDUCT. 

To  prohibit  acts  of 73 

DISORDERLY  HOUSE. 

To  prohibit  the  keeping  of 73 

DISTURBING  PEACE. 

To  prohibit  the  disturbing  of  the  peace  of  the  city  or  family  73 
To  disturb  congregations 65 

DOG  TAX  COLLECTOR. 

His  salary  and  duties  ; 74 


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DOG  TAX.  Page. 

To  provide  for  taxing  of  dogs 74 

DRAYS. 

Concerning  drays  77 

DRIVING  ON  WALKS. 

To  prohibit  driving  on  sidewalk j 78 

DRUNKENNESS. 

To  prohibit  in  certain  places  78 

To  be  drunk  when  arrested 79 

EARTH— REMOVING  FROM  STREET. 

To  prohibit  hauling  earth  from  street  only  in  cleaning  up  79* 

ELECTRICAL  INSPECTOR. 

Providing  for  electrical  inspector  and  prescribing  his  duties  80 

ELECTRIC  LIGHT  LAMPS,  ETC. 

To  prohibit  persons  from  molesting  electric  light  poles,  etc.  82 

ENGINES— TRACTION  ETC. 

To  prohibit  traction  engines  on  pavements 88 

EXCAVATIONS. 

To  govern  and  regulate  excavations  in  streets  and 

alleys  84 

Lanterns  on  excavations 85* 

EXPECTORATE. 

To  prohibit  spitting  on  sidewalks 80 

EXPLODING  CAPS,  FIRE  CRACKERS,  ETC. 

To  prohibit  the  exploding  of,  etc 80 

FALSE  ALARM  OF  FIRIE. 

To  prohibit  giving  false  alarm 88 

FALSELY  REPRESENTING,  ETC. 

To  prohibit  falsely  representing  to  be  an  officer,  etc 87 

FAST  DRIVING. 

To  prohibit  the  fast  driving  of  animals 87 

FIRE  BALLS. 

To  prohibit  throwing  lof  fire  balls  or  any  substance  saturat- 
ed with  oil  88 

FIRE  HYDRANT. 

Who  may  take  water  from 8& 

FIRE  CRACKERS. 

Prescribing  penalty  for  using,  etc 80 


INDEX 


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FIRE  DEPARTMENTS  AND  LIMITS.  Page. 


Prescribing  regulation,  fire  limits,  salary  of  members  and 
destruction  of  wooden  buildings  when  depreciated  less 
than  50  per  cent,  in  value 92 

FIRE  ESCAPE'S. 

Providing  for  fire  escapes  89 

FIRE  ORDINANCE. 

Regulating  buildings  and  fire  escapes 89 

FLAGMAN  AND  GATES  AT  R.  R.  CROSSINGS. 

Requiring  flagman  at  C.  V.  & C.  R.  R.  and  C.  C.  C.  & ST. 

L.  at  R.  R.  crossings 242 

FLAGMAN — COURT  STREET,  WEST  END  AVE. 

Requiring  flagman  and  fixing  time  he  is  required  to  stay  . . 246 

FLAGMAN— LIBERTY  'ST.  C C € & ST.  L.  & C.  V.  & C. 

R.  R.  CO. 

Requiring  flagman  and  fixing  time  he  is  required  to  stay  . . 244 

FLAGMAN— VANDALIA  R.  R. 

Requiring  flagman  at  Jefferson  Ave.  crossing 243 

FOOD  STUFFS. 

To  prohibit  sale  of  stale  goods 100 

FOREIGN  INSURANCE. 

Taxing,  licensing  of  foreign  insurance  companies 101 

FORTUNE  TELLING. 

Prescribing  a license  for  and  giving  power  to  mayor  and 

chief  of  police  to  revoke  license 104 

FUNERAL. 

Prescribing  penalty  for  disturbing  a funeral 103 

GAMBLING. 

To  prohibit  gaming  106 

GAMBLING  HOUSES— INMATES  OF. 

To  prohibit  inmates  in  gaming  houses  106 

GAMING  HOUSE. 

To  prohibit  keeping  of  105 

GAMING  IMPLEMENTS. 

Police  to  destroy  107 

GAMING— LEASING  PREMISES  FOR. 

To  prohibit  leasing  of  premises  for  gaming 105 

GETTING  ON  OR  OFF  CARS. 

To  prohibit  getting  on  or  off  cars 107 


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GOVERNMENT  STAMP.  Page. 

Prescribing  the  duties  of  the  city  clerk  in  giving  licnese 
to  any  person  having  a Government  stamp 320 

GRADE  OF  BUENA  VISTA  ST. 

Regulating  grade  241 

GROCER'S— BUTCHERS. 

To  prohibit  sale  of  certain  stale  goods 44 

GUNPOWDER,  ETC. 

Regulating  sale  of  108 

GUTTERS— OBSTRUCTION. 

To  prohibit  obstruction  109 

HAND  ORGAN. 

To  prohibit  playing  of  on  streets 110 

HEALTH  DEPARTMENT. 

Creating  board  of  health  and  defining  its  duties  110 

Resolution  of  Council  as  to  duties  of  board  of  health 337 

HIGH  FENCES. 

Regulating  the  height  of  fences 124 

HITCHING,  HORSES  TO  TREES,  ETC. 

To  prohibit  hitching  of  horses  to  trees,  fences,  etc 125 

HORSES  OR  MULES  DRIVEN  UNHALTERED  THROUGH 
THE  STREETS. 

To  regulate  driving  of  animals  through  the  streets  of  Paris  125 

HOTEL  RUNNERS,  HACKMEN  AND  OMNIBUS  DRIVERS. 

To  prohibit  soliciting  at  depots,  etc 127 

HOUSES  OF  ILL-FAME. 

To  prohibit  houses  of  ill-fame  126 

Inmates  of  houses  of  ill-fame  126 

ICE. 

Regulating  sale  of  127 

INDECENT  EXPOSURE. 

To  prohibit  indecent  exposure  129 

IDLING  ABOUT  DEPOTS— INTERFERING  WITH  PROPERTY. 

To  prohibit  idling  and  interfering  with  property 129 

INMATES  OF  GAMBLING  HOUSES. 

Prohibiting  inmates,  etc.  106 

INN  KEEPING. 

To  keep  records,  etc.,  of  guests 130 


INDEX 


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INTOXICATING  LIQUORS.  Page. 

Prohibiting  sale  of  131 

ITINERANT  MERCHANTS. 

Regulating  sale  by  132 

JAY  ’STREET. 

Naming  of 320 

JUDICIARY. 

Creating  committee  and  defining  its  duties  134 

LANTERNS. 

Prescribing  when  to  be  lit  on  excavations  85 

LEVELS  OF  CITY. 

Establishing  datum  for  city 136 

LIBRARY  ORDINANCE. 

Maintenance  of  135 

LIGHT— EXCAVATIONS  ETC. 

Requiring  persons  excavating  to  keep  lights  137 

LIGHTS  ON  OBSTRUCTIONS. 

Requiring  persons  building  to  maintain  lights 137 

Removing  penalty  138 

LIQUIDS,  SMOKE— OFFENSE. 

Prohibiting  the  discharge  of  offensive  smoke  138 

MALICIOUS  MISCHIEF,  INJURY  TO  BRIDGES— BUILD- 
INGS, ETC. 

To  prohibit  the  destroying  of  property  maliciously  139 

MAYOR. 

Prescribing  duties  143 

MINORS  TO  KEEP  OFF  CARS. 

Prohibiting  minors  from  jumping  on  or  off  cars 143 

MOVING  HOUSES. 

Directing  how  houses  may  be  moved 140 

MUNICIPAL  YEAR. 

Municipal  and  fiscal  year  142 

NUISANCE. 

Defining  and  prohibiting 145 

To  drink  in  public  154 

OBSCENE  BOOKS  ETC— SALE  OF. 

To  prohibit  sale  of 155 

Writing  ior  figure 156 


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INDEX 


OBSTRUCTING  GUTTERS,  STREETS.  Page. 

Unlawful  to  obstruct  109 

OIL. 

To  regulate  storage  of 156 

ORANGE  PEEL— BANANAS,  ETC. 

To  prohibit  throwing  on  streets  157 

ORDINANCE’S. 

Construction,  and  publication  158 

PAPER  BOXES. 

To  prohibit  defacing  of  162 

PARIS  GAS  LIGHT  AND  COKE  CO. 

Franchise  281—286 

PARIS  TRACTION  00. 

Franchise  261 

PAVEMENTS  ETC.  OBSTRUCTING  PUBLIC  IMPROVE- 
MENTS. 

To  prohibit  tearing  up  of  pavements,  etc 162 

PEDDLER. 

License  to  peddlers  and  hawkers  163 

PLUMBERS. 

License,  and  defining  plumbing  and  duties  of  plumbers. . . . 163 

POISON— SALE  OF. 

To  prohibit  sale  of 183 

POLE  LINE  ORDINANCE. 

Regulating  all  poles  belonging  to  common  carriers 172 

POLICE  SURGEON. 

Duties,  appointment,  salaries  of  173 

POLICE  COURT. 

Practice  in  police  court  defined  174 

POLICE— FORCE— REFUSAL  OF  ADMITTANCE. 

To  require  police  to  report  all  gaming  houses 178 

Bond,  salary,  appointment,  etc 179 

Police  whistle  183 

POSSE. 

To  give  officers  authority  to  call  for  assistance  and  pre- 
scribing penalty  on  refusal  185 

POWERS  OF  CITY  COUNCIL. 

Statutory  power 322 

PROSTITUTES  LOITERING  ON  STREETS. 

To  prohibit  lewd  women  on  the  streets 184 

Prostitutes — associating  185 


INDEX 


351 


RAILROADS.  Page. 

Regulating  same  in  city  186 

REPEALING  ORDINANCES. 

Dram  shops  839 

Fish  839 

Trees  839 

RESERVOIR  PARK. 

Creating  and  naming  park  192 

RESERVOIR  PARK  FISHING  AND  BOATING  CLUB. 

Lease  290 

RESISTING  OFFICER. 

To  punish  resisting  officer  or  interfering  with  same ....  195 

SCARING  HORSES. 

To  punish  any  person  who  scares  horses 195 

SCRUBBING  STORES. 

Prescribing  hours  for  scrubbing  196 

SEWERS. 

Requiring  permits  to  tap,  etc 196 

Requiring  sewer  connections  197 

SIGNS  ON  SIDEWALKS. 

Prohibiting  writing  on  sidewalk 199 

SINKING  FUND. 

Creating  sinking  fund  for  payment  of  bonds  q»nd  designat- 
ing who  the  committee  shall  be 198 

SLING'S— NIGGER  SHOOTERS  AND  AIR  GUNS. 

Prohibiting  shooting  in  the  city  of  Paris  200 

SLOT  MACHINE. 

Prohibits  use  of 200 

SOFT  DRINK  PLACES. 

Prohibits  sale  of  soft  drinks  201 

STAMP  ON  SIDEWALK. 

Requires  contractors  to  stamp 201 

STATEMENT  TO  BE  FILED. 

Requiring  city  attorney  to  file  statement  of  ordinance 

violated  203 

STEAM  ENGINES— IN  STREETS  AND  ALLEYS. 

Prohibiting  use  of  on  streets  or  alleys f ..  204 

STONES— SLINGS— DUTY  OF  OFFICERS. 

Prohibits  boys  from  throwing  stones,  etc 203 

STREAMERS  ACROSS  STREETS. 

To  prohibit  use  of  across  streets 204 

STREET  LAMP  AND  TELEGRAPH  POSTS. 

Prescribing  penalty  to  injure  same  202 


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STREET— BLOCKING,  ETC.  Page. 

To  prohibit  blocking  of  streets 205 

Obstructing  streets  205 

Opening — Protection  206 

Numbering  207 

TERRE  HAUTE  AND  WESTERN  R.  R.  COMPANY. 

East  Washington  street  franchise  246 

East  Wood  street  franchise  304 

TOBACCO. 

Prohibits  sale  of  to  minors 208 

TOY  PISTOLS,'  ETC. 

Regulating  sale  of 208 

TREASURER. 

Pertaining  to  duties  209 

TRESPASS  AND  CARRYING  AWAY  FRUIT. 

Punishment  for  same 213 

TRESPASS  ON  PRIVATE  PREMISES. 

Punishment  for  214 

TRIAL. 

An  ordinance  prescribing  procedure  of  trial  on  arrest  ....  214 

VAGRANTS. 

To  punish  vagrants  215 

VEHICLES  STANDING  ON  STREETS. 

To  prohibit  the  standing  of  vehicles,  automobiles  on  streets  216 

WABASH  VALLEY  TELEPHONE  CO. 

Franchise  279—294 

WARD  ORDINANCE. 

Dividing  city  into  five  wards 217 

WASTE  PAPER,  ETC. 

To  prohibit  throwing  of  paper  or  passing  hand  bills  on 
streets  216 

WATER  WORKS  AND  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  DEPARTMENT. 

Prescribing  duties  of  water  and  electric  light  board....  220 

WEIGHING  OF  GUNPOWDER— KEROSENE. 

Prohibits  the  weighing  or  drawing  of  oil  by  gas  or  lamp 

light  227 

WEST  END  AVE. 

Flagman  246 

WESTERN  UNION  TELEGRAPH  CO. 

Franchise  276 

WORK  HOUSE. 

Establishment  of  workhouse  and  regulating  same  229 

Refusing  to  work  231 


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